Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like… — Jack Handey
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a… — Rose Kennedy
The fun for me is knowing what the other person is saying and what my character would be thinking at that time. On the stage… — Barry Nelson
The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor. — Paul Scofield
When you want to put something into your part that is not in the play, you must ask the author-or some other author-to lead up… — George Bernard Shaw
Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries of time: he should impute the seeming defects of his… — Samuel Johnson
If you liked a book, don't meet the author — Raymond Chandler
In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language. — Max Frisch
In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The Birthday Party' at… — Tom Stoppard
Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which,… — Bent Larsen
Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them with decent examples.… — Mark Dvoretsky
A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it. — Simone Weil
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is.… — Oscar Wilde
Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it-- — Franz Wright
The worse the author, the more he is known. — James Purdy
From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible I make no apology. — William Holmes McGuffey
The best thing about being 45 is not taking myself so seriously. Do I miss the package I came in at 25? I do. Gravity… — Jen Lancaster
To be a hero means being the author of your own myth. — Alberto Villoldo
For me to be a billion-dollar author, I need to have people buying my books at Wal-Mart. — Amanda Hocking

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