Books Quote by Anonymous

While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate him by his…

— Samuel Johnson

For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.

— Rumer Godden

Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

— Ralph Ellison

“The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“As the death of the writer exaggerates the role of his work, the death of a person exaggerates the role of his effect on…

— Albert Camus

Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem…

— James A. Baldwin

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.

— Samuel Johnson

The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone.

— Anonymous

“The measure of a man lies not in his lengthy accomplishments, but in his decisions when he is faced with the certain, indisputable knowledge…

— Mitch Rowland

I hold that a man had better be dead than alive when his work is done.

— Alice Cary

The worse the author, the more he is known.

— James Purdy

The measure of a great writer is not how many weeks his books spend on the best-seller lists, but how many years his books…

— Cal Thomas