Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.” — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true! — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
“"It almost felt like the dolphin of my heart’s desire playing in the ocean of my life." - on writing” — Mariam Kobras Copy Share Image
There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Stop worshiping the bad in boys and start recognizing the good in men” — Kerry E. Wagner Copy Share Image
“they say that girls are the ones who want fairy tail endings, but then again, who are the authors of fairy tales?… — Alina Radoi Copy Share Image
When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“A hundred years ago, an average teenager knew countless authors, and, a sex position or two. Today, an average teenager knows countless… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison,… — John Green Copy Share Image
Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own,… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
“ATTENTION ALL AUTHORS: Be very careful who you give acknowledgement to in your books. Reason: That acknowledgement is in permanent, ink and… — Anita R. Sneed-Carter Copy Share Image
“What these critics forget is that printing presses in themselves provide no guarantee of an enlightened outcome. People, not machines, made the… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
To be sure, the hard-to-come-by interview - the 'get' - isn't an uncommon phenomenon here at 'The Daily Show.' We've had high-profile… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
Barnes & Noble is able to publish price-reduced non-copyrighted works not so much because it saves the 10 percent to 15 percent… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“As individuals, great writers from Villon to Diderot to Voltaire to Rousseau to Byron or Shelley have often shown themselves to be… — Max Vegaritter Copy Share Image
Agents are deal makers, and they're really, really good at making deals. But they're also exceptionally helpful after the deal is made… — John Romaniello Copy Share Image
“Personal angst, agony, anger, anxiety and pleasure might produce good poetry. However, to create the best, as many poets have expressed in… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of interviews of the last few years, and I've actually started a list of questions that it would… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." (on Ernest Hemingway” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Not all marketing people are writers, but all writers must learn to be marketers.” — Joanne Kraft Copy Share Image
Among non-fiction authors I like Richard Bach, Nichiren Daishonin, Burton Watson, Deepak Chopra and MJ Akbar. — Mukul Dev 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
“Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.” — Elizabeth Aston Copy Share Image
“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“An authors publication date never matters, a book not read yet will always be New"...” — Catherine Lyon a Copy Share Image
“The pen to a writer is like a cigarette to a smoker; they need it to take the edge off.” — Kellie Elmore Copy Share Image
Anyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
