Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
“Writer's block' is just a fancy way of saying 'I don't feel like doing any work today.” — Meagan Spooner Copy Share Image
“Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’." (on Lillian Hellman)” — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.” — Jessica Swan Copy Share Image
Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“Embrace your inner goddess, never let go of the light you carry within.” — Cynthia Dougherty-Bernal Copy Share Image
“We need to stop trying to get attention by seeing who can scream and cry the loudest. Write something worth reading and… — Teresa Mummert 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
“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
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
Authors should do multiple submissions to agents. I mean, that's the way the business world works and whether or not the industry… — Brad Thor 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
“If you are working with authors, you are accepting a great responsibility and must tread very carefully. The author's work is a… — Terena Scott Copy Share Image
“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
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
“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
“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
Most authors writing books like 'He's Just Not That Into You' dream of doing what I was being asked to do. I… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
“Richard put away the Narnia books, convinced, sadly, that they were an allegory; that an author (whom he had trusted) had been… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“What one means by integrity, in the case of the novelist, is the conviction that he gives one that this is the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“1. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the things they read (or watch, or listen to, or taste, or whatever). They’re… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“Life, raw life, the kind we lead every day, whether it leads us into the past or the future, has the curious… — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
“Many believe creativity is mystery, and I always knew that my body is the key.” — Lara Biyuts Copy Share Image
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