“When I die I hope it may be said: 'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.” — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“I spend a lot of time imagining things - in fact, you could say that imagining things is my job.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“A writer's age at the time of a work's composition is never irrelevant.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“An author is like a jeweller, with words as their gemstones and imagination the precious metals.” — Steve Smy Copy Share Image
“The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development. — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
“The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a planet, and… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
English food writer Elizabeth David, cook and author Richard Olney and the owner of Domaine Tempier Lulu Peyraud have all really inspired… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
“Some people get offended by what I write, by what I do with my life and by what I say to those… — Daniel Marques Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's better to walk ALONE than to be in the crowd where you are not Respected and Accepted! ' Nana Adu-Boafo… — Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr Copy Share Image
“Only those who believe can achieve what others merely dream about. However, without these same dreams we will achieve little. Dream AND… — Leslie Austin Copy Share Image
“To be a highflier and a name to conjure with, you must decide your dimension, plan your path, master the moment, focus… — IFEANYI ENOCH ONUOHA Copy Share Image
I feel lucky I didn't become that newspaper cartoonist I wanted to be because in the U.S. so many newspapers have suffered… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters;… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I know why people lie to themselves in life, but I'll never understand the appeal of the dishonest theater where the actor… — Jim Parrack Copy Share Image
“Juliet and Romeo Awake the scene, a twilight chamber’d dream, Two angels both alike in dignity: One imaged misadventure on the screen;… — Tiger Lewis Copy Share Image
“I'm only a kind of book doctor. I can give books new bindings, rejuvenate them a little, stop the bookworms from eating… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“It so happens that the primary though - as an act of thought - already has a form and is more easily… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
“I hope you have a book telling others how you do what you do. If you answered no, then I challenge you… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
“If you call yourself an "authoress" on your Facebook profile, you suck at life. You are stupid and your children are ugly.… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
