--- title: "5 Question Author Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Question Author quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Question Author sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/tom-clancy-1751_books_two-questions-form-the-foundation-of-all_80336.jpg" --- > [Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-clancy/two-questions-form-the-foundation-of-all-novels-what-if-and-what-next/) [Tom Clancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-clancy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/tom-clancy-1751_books_two-questions-form-the-foundation-of-all_80336.jpg) > [“The older you get, the more questions you get asked, and the more weary you become of answering the questions and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka-katie-dicamillo/the-older-you-get-the-more-questions-you-get-asked-and-the-more-weary/) [Jon Scieszka Katie DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka-katie-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/jon-scieszka-katie-dicamillo-8_aging_the-older-you-get-the-more-questions-you_186189.jpg) > [I was the type of person who was the question-asker. And not just genuine questions, I would ask a question so the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-was-the-type-of-person-who-was-the-question-asker-and-not-just/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/david-sedaris-333_enough_i-was-the-type-of-person-who-was-the-que_1738399.jpg) > [You do not question an author who appears on the title page as "T.V.N. Persaud, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.Path. (Lond.), F.F.Path. (R.C.P.I.),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/you-do-not-question-an-author-who-appears-on-the-title-page-as-t-v-n/) [Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/mary-roach-635_books_you-do-not-question-an-author-who-appear_1950296.png) > [“I, too, like the sound of the rain on the roof. I also like the lightning. It's like some great cosmic flashlight.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka-katie-dicamillo/i-too-like-the-sound-of-the-rain-on-the-roof-i-also-like-the/) [Jon Scieszka Katie DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka-katie-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/jon-scieszka-katie-dicamillo-8_books_i-too-like-the-sound-of-the-rain-on-the_2407283.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/question-author/#itemlist", "name": "Question Author Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Two questions form the foundation of all novels: \"What if?\" and \"What next?\" (A third question, \"What now?\", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if \"X\" happened? 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