Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid… — William Makepeace Thackeray
In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent… — John Updike
In every author let us distinguish the man from his works. — Voltaire
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. — Edith Wharton
One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable. — Orson Welles
The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to… — Thornton Wilder
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and… — P.G. Wodehouse
What had brought me to New York in the autumn of 1972 was a letter of recommendation written by Norman Mailer, the author of 'The… — James Wolcott
The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity… — Carter G. Woodson
Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and… — Sarah Zettel
I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to promote the book and… — Evgeny Morozov
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific… — J D Salinger
It is possible to argue that the really influential book is not that which converts ten millions of casual readers, but rather that which converts… — Aldous Huxley
**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process;… — Gary Hamel
Resilience is based on the ability to embrace the extremes -- while no becoming an extremist. ... **Most companies don't do paradox very well.** (emphasis… — Gary Hamel
Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd… — Woody Allen
There was something appealing in thinking of a character with a secret life that her author knew nothing about. Slipping off while the author's back… — Karen Joy Fowler
I believe that an author who cannot control her characters is, like a mother who cannot control her children, not really fit to look after… — Margery Allingham
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. — Samuel Johnson

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