“Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.” — Michael J. Kannengieser Copy Share Image
“What's cheaper than a gallon of gas? An ebook. Save a dollar, stay home and read!” — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
“I write, so that everyone else, can live. The Affidavit of Niedria Dionne Kenny” — Niedria Dionne Kenny Copy Share Image
Being an author is always like being a well-run dictatorship - it's all one person speaking. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way. — Rob Marshall Copy Share Image
I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
“I am Stephanie Lahart! An intelligent, empowered, and confident Black Queen. Purposely Fearless!” — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Magic and mystery writing follow the same, time-tested, three-act structure to stage their drama; set the scene, build the suspense, reveal the… — Steve Burrows Copy Share Image
“Negative self talk costs more than even the richest person can afford. So be nice to yourself whenever possible … and know… — Doug Pedersen Copy Share Image
“I was a happy young woman and I just happened to write poetry. I wasn’t trying to get anywhere, I was where… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
I'm better suited to be a director, I think. I see myself as the general author. I hate the word 'auteur,' because… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
“Most people keep their dreams to themselves, afraid to follow their hearts. Writers make their dreams a reality with each word, each… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
“I know who the real hero is, and it isn't me or brave Lanaya. It's an old man with a white beard… — Rodman Philbrick Copy Share Image
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
“My object is merely to give the reader a general introduction into an abode where, if so disposed, he may linger and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“It is not so much as to say that something has occured; but to describe the very essence of the occurance. One… — Jason W. Blair Copy Share Image
“Write down what your reader needs, no more, no less. Reading should be textured, but not obscure. Henry James could make an… — Christopher T. Garry Copy Share Image
According to my parents, I was supposed to have been a nice, churchgoing Swiss housewife. Instead I ended up an opinionated psychiatrist,… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
“In the sense, that is, that the author who created us alive no longer wished, or was no longer able, materially to… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author… — Terry Pratchett 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
“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
“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
“Quoting Bible means nothing… You have to watch lifestyle rather.” — Dr.Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr Copy Share Image
