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“A writer is not born but made through study and sheer willpower and ability to embrace beauty and agony.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me. — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors. — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can’t possibly get to these and do what they do best. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
I had never read Victorian novels before going overseas. I read a handful of authors, but I had not immersed myself in… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“Q: I want to be an author when I grow up. Am I insane?" Neil Gaiman: "Yes. Growing up is highly overrated.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“You may receive a pie, eat it and forget. You may receive champagne, drink it and forget. But when you receive a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“We should not stray from the darkness within us, that thing we call our Shadow. We should embrace it and learn from… — Trevor Carter Copy Share Image
Authors are ordinary people who usually start to live apart, in the imagination, because they don't fit in with normal, healthy people. — Henry Williamson 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
Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects. — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
“I would not employ an author to referee a Ping-Pong match. By their very nature they are biased and bloody-minded. Better put… — Jack McClelland Copy Share Image
“When authors write from personal experiences,straight from the heart,it touches the readers. Their work speaks out to all who read it,and most… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
Any debut novel is usually a case of spitting into the wind - or, just maybe, casting your bread upon the waters.… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
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“Some writers need to sink in order to feel what their characters feel; in order to write their characters with the truest… — Lori Lifsey Copy Share Image
'Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
“Writing a complete novel is time consuming, frustrating, nerve wrecking, and most of the time your work is under valued, under appreciated,… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
J. K. Rowling is one of my favourite authors, and I really admire how she created this big wizarding world. But I… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
“HOW TO DRIVE A WRITER CRAZY “1. When he starts to outline a story, immediately give him several stories just like it… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“How are you supposed to know what to read next? This is the question that keeps us up at night, so at… — Carmen Johnson Copy Share Image
“DRAMA: Be careful about being baited into the personal battles and confusion of others. If you want to help someone out emotionally,… — Kerry E. Wagner Copy Share Image
“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Most people I meet are stupid. Now, nobody likes to be labeled as stupid because they don’t want to know the truth… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“I often said that writers are of two types. There is the architect, which is one type. The architect, as if designing… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I can’t overstate how little I knew about myself at 22, or how little I’d thought about what I was doing. When… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“The realization that a decline in the moral state impedes the flowering of literature is a feeling unique to the Jewish people.… — Rabbi Kook Copy Share Image
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