Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me. — Zadie Smith
Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the honesty with which… — Paulo Coelho
If God is the author of life, there must be a script. — Ravi Zacharias
If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit, because I know when I was younger I felt… — John Green
When I meet people, I no longer say "Hi, I'm Derek Landy, pleased to meet you." Now I say "Hi, I'm number one bestselling author… — Derek Landy
Iâ€™m an author. We donâ€™t want to lead. We donâ€™t need to follow. We stay home and make stuff up and write it down and… — Neil Gaiman
It is more beautiful to trust in God. The beautiful in this world is all from his hand, declaring the perfection of taste; he is… — Lew Wallace
Were the offer made true, I would engage to run again, from beginning to end, the same career of life. All I would ask should… — Benjamin Franklin
A man finds in the productions of nature an inexhaustible stock of material on which he can employ himself, without any temptations to envy or… — Samuel Johnson
If the author of the Declaration of Independence were to utter such a sentiment today, the Post Office Department could exclude him from the mail,… — Frank I. Cobb
Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange believe that it is the word of God has… — Thomas Paine
The real searcher after truth will not receive the old because it is old, or reject the new because it is new. He will not… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes… — Thomas Jefferson
There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men are impatient, and for precipitating things; but the Author of Nature appears deliberate throughout His operations, accomplishing His natural ends by slow, successive steps.… — Joseph Butler
If you are pointing out one of the things a story is about, then you are very probably right; if you are pointing out the… — Neil Gaiman
I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad… — Unknown Author
As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick
Ever since I was twelve, I dreamed of being an author. I just never had the fortitude to see any of my stories through to… — Hugh Howey
Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on… — Harsha Bhogle

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