--- title: "9 Author Feel Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Author Feel quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Author Feel sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/anna-letitia-barbauld-16166_books_if-an-author-would-have-us-feel-a-strong_49130.png" --- > [if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-letitia-barbauld/if-an-author-would-have-us-feel-a-strong-degree-of-compassion-his/) [Anna Letitia Barbauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-letitia-barbauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/anna-letitia-barbauld-16166_books_if-an-author-would-have-us-feel-a-strong_49130.png) > [It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/it-s-easier-to-come-up-with-new-stories-than-it-is-to-finish-the-ones/) [Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/stephenie-meyer-91_books_it-s-easier-to-come-up-with-new-stories_834014.png) > [It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-excellent-discipline-for-an-author-to-feel-that-he-must-say-all/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/john-ruskin-314_art_it-is-excellent-discipline-for-an-author_191989.jpg) > [Sometimes reactions can be quite surprising: readers like things that you, the author, feel you've barely gotten away with; or they dislike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/sometimes-reactions-can-be-quite-surprising-readers-like-things-that/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/margaret-atwood-40_books_sometimes-reactions-can-be-quite-surpris_580985.jpg) > [I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning...Who ever thought I'd be a children's author -- let alone a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/i-still-pinch-meself-when-i-wake-up-of-a-morning-who-ever-thought-i-d-2/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/brian-jacques-4933_books_i-still-pinch-meself-when-i-wake-up-of-a_2131289.jpg) > [I know that I am a singer and an actor, yet in order to give the public the impression that I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enrico-caruso/i-know-that-i-am-a-singer-and-an-actor-yet-in-order-to-give-the/) [Enrico Caruso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enrico-caruso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/enrico-caruso-40019_actor_i-know-that-i-am-a-singer-and-an-actor-y_1887775.jpg) > [It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-excellent-discipline-for-an-author-to-feel-that-he-must-say-all-2/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/john-ruskin-314_books_it-is-excellent-discipline-for-an-author_1653462.jpg) > [When I read a novel that I really like, I feel as if I am in direct, personal communication with the author.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/when-i-read-a-novel-that-i-really-like-i-feel-as-if-i-am-in-direct/) [Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/neal-stephenson-362_books_when-i-read-a-novel-that-i-really-like-i_2985670.jpg) > [I guess what inspires me most is the desire to draw out feelings that feel best expressed on the written page by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-maddin/i-guess-what-inspires-me-most-is-the-desire-to-draw-out-feelings-that/) [Guy Maddin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-maddin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/guy-maddin-12338_books_i-guess-what-inspires-me-most-is-the-des_3086491.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/author-feel/#itemlist", "name": "Author Feel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anna Letitia Barbauld" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-letitia-barbauld/if-an-author-would-have-us-feel-a-strong-degree-of-compassion-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/anna-letitia-barbauld-16166_books_if-an-author-would-have-us-feel-a-strong_49130.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/anna-letitia-barbauld-16166_books_if-an-author-would-have-us-feel-a-strong_49130.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/anna-letitia-barbauld-16166_books_if-an-author-would-have-us-feel-a-strong_49130.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect.” — Anna Letitia Barbauld", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. 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I feel like my job as a filmmaker is to eff the ineffable, to take feelings that only poets could describe with words and try to project them on the screen for viewers to feel. 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