--- title: "11 Author Wrote Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Author Wrote quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Author Wrote sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/geraldine-solon-36267_author_you-are-your-greatest-product-and-behind_1844506.jpg" --- > [“You are your greatest product and behind every book lies an author who wrote it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-solon/you-are-your-greatest-product-and-behind-every-book-lies-an-author/) [Geraldine Solon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-solon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/geraldine-solon-36267_author_you-are-your-greatest-product-and-behind_1844506.jpg) > [I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-spillane/i-m-a-commercial-writer-not-an-author-margaret-mitchell-was-an-author/) [Mickey Spillane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-spillane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/mickey-spillane-13884_author_i-m-a-commercial-writer-not-an-author-ma_2710765.jpg) > [How mad would you be if at the end of the harry potter series the author wrote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/how-mad-would-you-be-if-at-the-end-of-the-harry-potter-series-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/anonymous-1_books_how-mad-would-you-be-if-at-the-end-of-th_1638216.jpg) > [What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-really-knocks-me-out-is-a-book-that-when-you-re-all-done-reading/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/anonymous-1_book_what-really-knocks-me-out-is-a-book-that_532176.jpg) > [The worst story I ever wrote was after the conviction of Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay. My co-author and I wrote a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bethany-mclean/the-worst-story-i-ever-wrote-was-after-the-conviction-of-jeff/) [Bethany McLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bethany-mclean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/bethany-mclean-23921_after_the-worst-story-i-ever-wrote-was-after-t_1454202.png) > [What I like best is a book that's at least funny once in a while. What really knocks me out is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger-2/what-i-like-best-is-a-book-that-s-at-least-funny-once-in-a-while-what/) [J. D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/j-d-salinger-2-3505_best_what-i-like-best-is-a-book-that-s-at-lea_790328.jpg) > [I don't think any Writer/Author wrote something to be famous, He just have shared his feelings, What makes him famous is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/i-don-t-think-any-writer-author-wrote-something-to-be-famous-he-just/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/nishan-panwar-14_books_i-don-t-think-any-writer-author-wrote-so_2294045.jpg) > [“Jack London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/jack-london-january-12-1876-november-22-1916-was-an-american-author/) [Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/jack-london-595_american-author_jack-london-january-12-1876-november-22_2771741.jpg) > [“started reading a really good book by a new-to-me author who wrote alternate reality versions of Brontë novels and spent the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/started-reading-a-really-good-book-by-a-new-to-me-author-who-wrote/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/penny-reid-1063_books_started-reading-a-really-good-book-by-a_2487131.jpg) > [“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/what-really-knocks-me-out-is-a-book-that-when-you-re-all-done-reading-2/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/j-d-salinger-560_book_what-really-knocks-me-out-is-a-book-that_634736.png) > [As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/as-a-journalist-i-would-talk-to-writers-directors-creative-people-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/neil-gaiman-29_awful_as-a-journalist-i-would-talk-to-writers_919448.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/author-wrote/#itemlist", "name": "Author Wrote Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You are your greatest product and behind every book lies an author who wrote it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Geraldine Solon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-solon/you-are-your-greatest-product-and-behind-every-book-lies-an-author/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/geraldine-solon-36267_author_you-are-your-greatest-product-and-behind_1844506.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/geraldine-solon-36267_author_you-are-your-greatest-product-and-behind_1844506.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/geraldine-solon-36267_author_you-are-your-greatest-product-and-behind_1844506.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You are your greatest product and behind every book lies an author who wrote it.” — Geraldine Solon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a commercial writer, not an author. 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