Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. — Gustave Flaubert
Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get… — Michael Haneke
I ain't no author, man... my writing skills are not of 'New York Times' best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My vocabulary ain't. — Steve Harvey
I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking. — Carl Hiaasen
I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author. — John Hodgman
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul. — Aldous Huxley
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name. — Aldous Huxley
It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience. — Charles Ives
At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one. — George S. Kaufman
No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have… — Stephen King
Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of… — Dean Koontz
I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief… — D. H. Lawrence
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us.… — Abraham Lincoln
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its… — John Locke
Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get… — W. Somerset Maugham
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. — Andre Maurois
I can tell you from experience that God's help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and… — Joyce Meyer
Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author. — Arthur Miller
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication… — Henry Miller

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