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title: "19 Think Author Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Think Author quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Think Author sayings and thoughts."
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> [I think as an author every character ends up low-key being some kind of self-insert.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-quinn/i-think-as-an-author-every-character-ends-up-low-key-being-some-kind/)

[Zoe Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-quinn/)

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> [Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/oh-i-think-every-author-is-inspired-by-all-of-the-books-that-she-reads/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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> [I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work to remember who somebody is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-j-anderson/i-don-t-think-the-author-should-make-the-reader-do-that-much-work-to/)

[Kevin J. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-j-anderson/)

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> [I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/i-think-that-an-author-who-speaks-about-his-own-books-is-almost-as/)

[Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/)

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> [I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book than of any other on Nat. Hist. Science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-dalton-hooker/i-expect-to-think-that-i-would-rather-be-author-of-your-book-than-of/)

[Joseph Dalton Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-dalton-hooker/)

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> [It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/it-s-easier-to-come-up-with-new-stories-than-it-is-to-finish-the-ones/)

[Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/)

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> [Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/readers-always-seem-to-think-that-the-author-has-some-control-over/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I do think the author ought to be able to give a good reason for the way things are in his poem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dickey/i-do-think-the-author-ought-to-be-able-to-give-a-good-reason-for-the/)

[James Dickey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dickey/)

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> [Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/well-i-think-any-author-or-musician-is-anxious-to-have-legitimate/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [I think of an author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, "I will tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/i-think-of-an-author-as-somebody-who-goes-into-the-marketplace-and/)

[Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/)

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> [“Good books don't make you think, because the author has already done all of the thinking for you, but a terrible book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-queenan/good-books-don-t-make-you-think-because-the-author-has-already-done/)

[Joe Queenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-queenan/)

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> [“I think once an author is attacking people for leaving Amazon reviews, common sense has shut up shop and gone home, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-charles/i-think-once-an-author-is-attacking-people-for-leaving-amazon-reviews/)

[K.J. Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-charles/)

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> [ “I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book \[The Origin of Species\] than of any other on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-dalton-hooker/i-expect-to-think-that-i-would-rather-be-author-of-your-book-the/)

[Joseph Dalton Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-dalton-hooker/)

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> [“The last time I read piles of erotica by choice, I was fourteen. At that stage, having no experience with men beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-pitt-kethley/the-last-time-i-read-piles-of-erotica-by-choice-i-was-fourteen-at/)

[Fiona Pitt-Kethley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-pitt-kethley/)

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> [No one really knows the value of book tours. Whether or not they're good ideas, or if they improve book sales. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosecrans-baldwin/no-one-really-knows-the-value-of-book-tours-whether-or-not-they-re/)

[Rosecrans Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosecrans-baldwin/)

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> [If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself-into-the-writing-there-will-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“If you don’t put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There’s the writer and there’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-dubus-iii/if-you-don-t-put-99-percent-of-yourself-into-the-writing-there-will/)

[Andre Dubus III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-dubus-iii/)

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> [“I'm constantly trying to make what Stephen King called head movies or skull movies: things should be playing out on the inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-m-constantly-trying-to-make-what-stephen-king-called-head-movies-or/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

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> [There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergio-leone/there-are-directors-and-there-are-authors-i-think-i-am-more-of-an/)

[Sergio Leone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergio-leone/)

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                        "text": "No one really knows the value of book tours. Whether or not they're good ideas, or if they improve book sales. I happen to think the author is the last person you'd want to talk to about a book. They hate it by that point; they've already moved on to a new lover. Besides, the author never knows what the book is about anyway.",
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                        "text": "“I'm constantly trying to make what Stephen King called head movies or skull movies: things should be playing out on the inside of your eyes, if you will, without you having to think about me as an author being present. I have no interest in being present, in intervening between you and the work. My job is to be as invisible as possible. My job is to say, 'Hey, I wrote this book and I'm on the cover, bye bye!' The story should have its own momentum; it should make its own way. I have no patience for that showy kind of writing, which is all about how clever the writer is. Postmodern stuff just leaves me totally cold. I'm much more interested in being drawn into a book, and I want to create the kind of writing which hopefully makes you turn and turn the pages.”",
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