The difficulty that many foreign authors face in having their works translated into English has effects far beyond the United States. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Female authors were still using male names when I was young, or they were neatly shoehorned into womens books except for those… — Sherwood Smith Copy Share Image
“A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.” — Bobbi Romans Copy Share Image
I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
“Whenever an artist becomes dominated by his own ignorance, his art loses value, for it is only the professional artist that can… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
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“Fictional worlds are a great place to indulge in unspoken fantasies. . . like writing the dad you never had. . .… — Jc Morrows Copy Share Image
To some extent, all authors are a little schizophrenic. We lead most of our lives in solitary confinement, living and breathing the… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth Being an author is like being in charge of your own… — L.A. Dale Copy Share Image
“If you fall in love with a character, then you are actually falling in love with the author that wrote the character.… — Heather Dowell Copy Share Image
“Authors and readers have a symbiotic relationship. An author builds roads of thoughts, imaginations, and ideas. Readers walk those roads to find… — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
Authors of all races, be they Greeks, Romans, Teutons, or Celts, Can't seem just to say anything is the thing it is… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
In my view, the ebook world for both established and new authors is a terrific new and exciting format. It is a… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel.… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
“When there is fear,he will have his pen clasp it high,whence for him,the wonders of night give light,where he lies behind his… — Nithin Purple Copy Share Image
“The man she wanted existed only in the romantic novels she was reading. She had met him. But he would never meet… — Mary Papas Copy Share Image
“You can never kill the spirit of an artist. They will always rewrite their resurrection and paint an eternal sunset with a… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Hard core authors are determined about their craft, and they know that building a brand entails hard work. They eat, breathe and… — Geraldine Solon Copy Share Image
I'm so thrilled to have won the RITA. The award is particularly special because it is given by other romance authors. It's… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“One alphabet at a time, you can write an encyclopaedia. One word at a time, you can publish an entire library.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when… — Justin Alcala Copy Share Image
Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, 'What if?' All the different ways that question… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Print-on-demand publishing is the new farm system for new voices in fiction. Authors who have compelling things to say, who can market… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi… — Ron Kind Copy Share Image
“A person who wrote badly did better than a person who does not write at all. A bad writing can be corrected.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
“To most, being locked away in solitary with nothing but pen and paper would prove a hard punishment. What a strange creature… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of… — Sara Levine Copy Share Image
“A demon, who serves to a warlock, begins tormenting his master, if he has not enough work. Talent is the demon.” — Lara Biyuts Copy Share Image
“I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded.… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“I'm going to be a person who writes stories. I never told mom and dad how much I loved them. I wanna… — Aoboshi Kimama Copy Share Image
As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
“The lot of the bride to be wed before bed desired until rotten. The lot of the author to be read before… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
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