Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 867 authors

If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the author… — Margaret Atwood
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he… — Henry Adams
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each… — Robert Benchley
I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author. — Robert Benchley
There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It… — Robert Benchley
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away… — Ezra Taft Benson
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He… — Sarah Bernhardt
You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world. — Jeff Bezos
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I… — Andrea Bocelli
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. — Joyce Brothers
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. — Jean de la Bruyere
The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks. — Nolan Bushnell
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them. — Samuel Butler
A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it… — Herb Caen
I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil! — Tony Campolo
When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author. — Sherman Alexie
The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men. — Emanuel Celler
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. — Isabel Allende

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