Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

Gamers co-author the games they play by the choices they make and how they choose to solve problems, since what they do can affect the… — James Paul Gee
The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to… — Robert Fortune
In her whimsical debut author Brynne Barnes celebrates the colors of our world. — Edward B. Lewis
Literature for meâ€¦ tries to heal the harm done by stories. (How much harm? Most of the atrocities of history have been created by stories,… — Geoff Ryman
People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election. — Tatyana Tolstaya
Tokyo Heist is a fast-paced, exotic reading adventure, a story where The da Vinci Code meets the wildly popular manga genre! Author Diana Renn infuses… — Alane Ferguson
Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out,… — Barbara Johnson
The first thing an unpublished author should remember is that no one asked him to write in the first place. With this firmly in mind,… — John Farrar
Every author that creates is a liar;literature is a lie,but from that lie, a recreation of reality is born. Therefore, recreating reality is one of… — Juan Rulfo
I have never met an author who was sorry he or she wrote a book. They are only sorry they did not write it sooner. — Sam Horn
For God to be holy does not just mean He is without error. It means He is without equal. May it not be said of… — David Platt
Because he is; that is, because he is an infinitely glorious, good, wise, holy, powerful, righteous, self-subsisting , self-sufficient , and all-sufficient being; the fountain… — John Owen
Everything is tedious when one does not read with the feeling of the Author. — William Wordsworth
I was just delighted to be a legitimate, for-real published author. — Paul Harding
Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as… — Maj Sjowall
I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old bindings, and stars… — Laini Taylor
Itâ€™s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime â€¦ yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity, brutal truth and… — M. William Phelps
Firstly I commit my Soul into the hands of God, its great and benevolent author. — Josiah Bartlett
Patti Callahan Henryâ€™s THE STORIES WE TELL is a lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, family and friendship, all told with the… — Mary Kay Andrews
Whatâ€™s strange is how many beginning writers seem to think that grammar is irrelevant, or that they are somehow above or beyond this subject more… — Francine Prose

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