Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope… — Stephen Chbosky
When you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as an author, feel… — Stephen Chbosky
For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with… — Eric Jerome Dickey
Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author. — Jonathan Dee
Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to… — Janet Evanovich
In this age of vampires, what I love about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie Stackhouse' series author… — Michelle Forbes
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear… — Lion Feuchtwanger
I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that. — David Guterson
I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it. — Lisa Gardner
It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women. — Lisa Gardner
I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime… — Lisa Gardner
I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books… — Lisa Gardner
When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!'… — Lisa Gardner
Somebody will be able to crack ebook files in the same way that people cracked music files a decade ago. An author could have worked… — Simon Armitage
If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely… — Tana French
The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you… — Tana French
There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. ... The… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all… — Tom T. Hall
When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling… — Tayari Jones
But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware… — Diane Johnson

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