“Writers need faith, or else we can never trust the action of our words!” — Leslie Austin Copy Share Image
“Every so often an author comes along and changes the world. I am not that author!” — Rachel Rueben Copy Share Image
“At least be sure you go to the author to find his meaning, not to find yours.” — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“I'm not trying to please anyone. I'm just trying to write a damn book.” — Richard Denney Copy Share Image
“The first task of every author is to evoke emotion in their reader. You may laugh or you may cry; you may… — V.L. Dreyer Copy Share Image
As a child, I amused myself by making up stories. I'd lie in bed when I was supposed to be sleeping and… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
It seems appropriate that the author of '1984' was a British citizen. George Orwell must have seen how easily the great British… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
“You are the author of your own life story. A journey that never truly ends. How will the final chapter unfold? That… — Sadie K. Frazier Copy Share Image
“I am far too often the author of terribly poor decisions. Yet I must rest in the unalterable fact that God says… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“So there are countless reasons to remain on this Godforsaken planet that was long considered the only world, if for no other… — Filippo Bologna Copy Share Image
“You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and… — Ann Marie Frohoff Copy Share Image
Everything I've wanted to turn into a film becomes something new and different when it becomes a movie... Each time I work… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Ever since I could read, I’ve wanted to write a book. I never thought I had anything to write about. Maybe you… — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
“The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else… — Michael J. Kannengieser Copy Share Image
“A leader does not only discover what people can do better. He teaches, guides and mentor them to do it exceptionally well.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“She noticed the lemony yellow light in her dream and heard nothing of her alarm clock so continued to dream and dreamt… — Tiger Lewis Copy Share Image
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand;… — Brooks Adams Copy Share Image
In my first 15 or 20 years of authorship, I was almost never asked to give a speech or an interview. The… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Writing places a person in the community of those imaginative spirits whom preceded their birth. Writing also connects a person with the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I’ve always had a vivid imagination in terms of storytelling, but thankfully I learned early on that imagination can be stifled or… — Marvin Brown Copy Share Image
“Do what makes YOU happy. Focus on what brings YOU joy. Appreciate and do more things that make YOU smile. Live your… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me… — Asa Larsson Copy Share Image
“Ahhh, my winter cozy woosah place to re-craft brain-cell recharge, and recreate; for the author & reader community...that place is a bookstore,… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as interesting as the dialogue going… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that… — Harsha Bhogle Copy Share Image
“We’re all in a process of becoming. I’m never satisfied with my works. Never. I never see them as a finished product.… — Jill Telford Copy Share Image
The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
You never want to be in a position where your reader feels like you're passing judgment on your own characters. Any novel… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“First of all is the fact that I have some rather good turns of phrase. I don't say that pridefully ... it's… — Rachel Heffington Copy Share Image
“The greatest tragedy to ever happen to a nation is not the incidences of war or terrorism. It's when more bookshops close… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
My job as an author - at least the way I think of it - is to make a story that is… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
“Sister - she was my friend, the first person I shared a secret with. Brother - he was my armour, the first… — Kamil Alvi Copy Share Image
“There's a magic to letting a story and its people unfold with witchcraft and late nights and walks in the woods. You… — Kate Inglis Copy Share Image
“Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you're dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
