As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“A friendship with the Lord will sustain you in difficult times.” — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“I look forward to seeing more of this author's writings. Linda Strong” — Vicki M. Taylor Copy Share Image
I know another New York Times bestselling author - Beth Kephart - she self-published one of her books. — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else? — Eric Hill Copy Share Image
A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“But as an escort it’s our duty to hold their attention and play with their heads. The one between their ears and… — S.K. Logsdon Copy Share Image
“An author is just someone who remembers their dreams a little better than some others.” — T.C. Slonaker Copy Share Image
“Don't judge me by my books. They're not my voices, and they were never my stories to tell.” — Nadège Richards Copy Share Image
“Dance, Live, Sing, Cry, Love, Travel and Love again, until the day you have to stop” — Vanessa Vanney Thompson Copy Share Image
I think, to be a successful author, you've got to be part recluse and part show-off. — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
It makes me nuts, the idea that if you put a political struggle at the heart of your book, then it has… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I am always on the go; being a photographer, filmmaker, author and a father, things become stressful, and it is important to… — Nigel Barker Copy Share Image
“Revenge is a lie we fabricate to ease our consciences. But like two negatives can never equal a positive, two wrong deeds… — Caroline George Copy Share Image
“Do not compare yourself with anybody. Compare yourself with yourself, for yourself and by yourself. We are all uniquely pottered and purposed… — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
A novel wouldn't be a book if there weren't some flights of fancy on the part of the author, stopping time to… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“Let’s just say that once the party was over, the Tribe had the decency to put most of the things back into… — Sorin Suciu Copy Share Image
“Life. Life is a show. It's up to you how to make your own story, do your own show and how to… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
“I felt after I finished Slaughterhouse-Five that I didn’t have to write at all anymore if I didn’t want to. It was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Writers, by their very nature, live a thousand lives and die a thousand times. They experience loss each time a character dies. … — Larry Ray Palmer Copy Share Image
“Zen is a journey of exploration and a way of living that, in and of itself, does not belong to any one… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Mr. In-Between' very quickly when I was about 23. I wrote the penultimate chapter, then realised I'd done something which… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“The obsession with correct political belief and expression in art is stultifying the genre as it is necessarily exclusive. We are losing… — Scott M. Roberts Copy Share Image
“He pressed bravely ahead with his story, the outlines and preliminary versions of which by now filled two thick notebooks, reorganizing, redrafting,… — Dennis Etchison Copy Share Image
I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
