Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If you want to… — James Patterson
Whenever youâ€™re down on your luck, and when things arenâ€™t going the way you like, remember that you are the author of your own story.… — Sarah Jio
According to a new book coming out by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, apparently when he was in high school, President Obama smoked large amounts of… — Jay Leno
Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane… — Kathryn Bigelow
Anthony Ryan is a new fantasy author destined to make his mark on the genre. His debut novel, Blood Song, certainly has it all: great… — Michael J. Sullivan
If you are serious, and you want to make a living as an author, then you need to hustle. Period. If you can't make that… — Larry Correia
It's no surprise that the droll and (seemingly) all-knowing wizard behind the Chicago Style Q&A puts it all together-entertainingly-for manuscript editors in this real-world guide… — Arthur Plotnik
The work of one author or artist may stimulate another author or artist to push the edge, to take the risk, to go where the… — Karen Hesse
Am I surprised that Joe Klein [pseudonymous author of Primary Colors which he denied writing] lied? No, because in my opinion reporters lie all the… — James Carville
Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and religion… — Peter Kreeft
The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment. — Alistair Begg
I am dead against art's being self-expression. I see an inherent failure in any story which fails to detach itself from the author-detach itself in… — Elizabeth Bowen
Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's… — Jane Birkin
Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life… — Sarah Zettel
Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and… — Karen Armstrong
There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I think they're trying to make it into a… — Jared Padalecki
The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle, but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household. This,… — Martin Luther
I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper was by Dorothy… — Paul Halmos
Yes, I am one of those people who feels that most of my work is adaptation of one sort or another. For me, it's a… — David Henry Hwang
. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and body by which… — Vincent de Paul

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