Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don’t worry about it. — Neil Gaiman 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
Authors must not, like Chinese soldiers, expect to win victories by turning somersets in the air. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
“romance authors like Catherine Coulter, Brenda Joyce, Candice Proctor, Bertrice Small, Diana Gabaldon, and Jade Lee.” — Ellery Adams Copy Share Image
Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
I've noticed that, with many of the authors I like, I tend to think I would dislike them as human beings or… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. — Robertson Davies 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
People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This… — Brandon Sanderson 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
If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit, because I know when I was… — John Green Copy Share Image
“The window on the right featured contemporary bestselling authors like Brad Meltzer, James Patterson, David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, and others who make… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I was surprised to find authors like Kaizan Nakazato and Sanjugo Naoki in a corner of the bookcase where I've never noticed… — Shizuko Go Copy Share Image
The reason some crime writers have a chip on their shoulder about the label is because their good books are shelved beside… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
There are authors like David Foster Wallace or Raymond Chandler - with voice-based authors I might end up a completist, because what… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of exposing the beams in collaborative novel. And there are many - especially in the crime world -… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
My broad sense of this is that authors like Smil really paint the clear picture, and once you see that, it's kind… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
