As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Anyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“Some build their castles 'mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“An authors publication date never matters, a book not read yet will always be New"...” — Catherine Lyon a Copy Share Image
“The pen to a writer is like a cigarette to a smoker; they need it to take the edge off.” — Kellie Elmore Copy Share Image
“What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Writers and artists know that ethereal moment, when just one, fleeting something--a chill, an echo, the click of a lamp, a question—-ignites… — Nadine C. Keels Copy Share Image
There are a few of the authors that I think have made a great big impact on my life. The way I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
“Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone’s honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.” — Shannon L. Alder 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
The lives of most authors - even, or perhaps especially, the great ones - are necessarily a catalogue of tedious inwardness and… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“African-American writers with an independent vision are often consigned to obscurity. The white critics can only tolerate one black writer at a… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“Writing has become more than just a profession, and hobby…it has become a way to express my feelings and pour my entire… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
“An idea is a gift, a finished project is turning that gift into a book by making yourself write even when you… — Elaine Orr 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
Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society -… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Some people get offended by what I write, by what I do with my life and by what I say to those… — Daniel Marques 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
“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
“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
“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
“Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
“It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“If you're an artist, always keep at it, there will be someone out there who sees the universe and soul in what… — Jennifer Megan Varnadore Copy Share Image
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