Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as… — Maeve Binchy
A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or two. — John Updike
The first author I met socially was Joyce Cary. — John Updike
Having a facility for language is an important part of being an author. — Elizabeth George
My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get… — Karin Slaughter
Each author has his or her own voice. I read each book slowly so I can see the patterns they use to spread out the… — Barbara Rosenblat
A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster than the book… — Edward M. Lerner
Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a… — Patrick Nielsen Hayden
It seems like every few years a big name author will holler something about how evil, heinous, and morally wrong fan fiction and fan fiction… — Catherynne M. Valente
I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work. — Nicola Cornick
When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author. — Orhan Pamuk
Fiction is often most powerful when the author is exploring an issue - and not writing like a know-it-all who has the perfect answer. — Gillian Cross
While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author. — Karen Hesse
In open-source in general, the power lies in connecting the author of the software directly to users, eliminating the middleman. — Peter Fenton
I know that I am a singer and an actor, yet in order to give the public the impression that I am neither one nor… — Enrico Caruso
John Fahey, thought during his lifetime to be possibly more than a little crazy, was the author of some thirty albums of gnomically introverted droning… — Madison Smartt Bell
Just keep writing, and try to finish that novel. Remember, all authors started exactly where you are right now; the only difference between a published… — Julie Kagawa
Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement studio to help… — Dan Hill
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come. — Charles de Montesquieu
What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque. — Brendan Behan

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