There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants… — James Goodnight Copy Share Image
When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
“An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book than of any other on Nat. Hist. Science. — Joseph Dalton Hooker Copy Share Image
I used to put black ink on the author's name in a book and write my name instead to check how it… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
“We really learn only from those books that we cannot judge. The author of a book that we were able to judge… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“You should see my personality on every page of my book, because I am the author. The book reflects the personality of… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
“If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think that children, if left to themselves, feel that there is an author behind a book, a somebody who wrote… — P. L. Travers Copy Share Image
I see a lot of writers who complain when their book doesn't sell and the reason that happens sometimes, is they don't… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
“Being an author of a book is like being a mother of a debutante in the Middle Ages. You have to present… — Elvira Baryakina Copy Share Image
When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Nobody's going to give you the gift of awesome. Nobody's going to make you good, or great, or amazing, or epic. Nobody's… — Johnny B. Truant Copy Share Image
