“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
I've gone to readings to see authors after meeting them on Twitter. And while there, I've found myself sitting next to still… — John Searles Copy Share Image
“When a book leaves its author's desk it changes. Even before anyone has read it, before eyes other than its creator's have… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“I walked around the library looking for books. I pulled them off the shelves, one by one. But they were all tricks.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The general public doesn't expect romance authors to be Harvard graduates. Which is funny, because there are actually quite a lot of… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“On the day the world is blown up, the playwright whose show opened the night before will be leafing past the news… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
Authors I've longed to write like - but realize I actually can't even begin to - include Poe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kafka,… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Men's memoirs are about answers; women's memoirs are about questions. Most male authors want to look good in their memoirs and have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Teams that spend a lot of time learning the tricks of the trade will probably never really learn the trade.” — Yuri Boganov Copy Share Image
“And you will not hurt him anymore. Not one of you. Because I am his protector. His rear guard. I am his"… — Lucian Bane Copy Share Image
There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“I'm often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I'm inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of… — Charity Parkerson Copy Share Image
“I judge the quality of my work by the quality of the people that follow it. If my readers are the most… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic texts, while black and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
“An authors publication date never matters, a book not read yet will always be New"...” — Catherine Lyon a Copy Share Image
No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors. — Robert Gottlieb 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
Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
Many authors hate to go on grinding book tours. But I've always found it a useful way to be a foreign correspondent… — Thomas Friedman 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
