Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown… — Rumer Godden
Call me the author. — Joan Didion
To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties… — Charles Caleb Colton
Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not… — Julien Green
Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads. — Cornelia Funke
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can… — Brooks Adams
Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a planet, and looked up specific… — Frederik Pohl
I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember. — Walter Jon Williams
I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer… — Richard Curtis
In Endless Quest books, you start the plot, and the character has to make choices. Then you have to write one choice over here, one… — Margaret Weis
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and… — Adam Clarke
The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another. — Ken Hill
Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works… — Laurence Housman
It appears a bold thing to say so when one sees how much many a modern author who knows how to make a skilful use… — Julius Wellhausen
There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of… — Pierre Bayle
It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein. — Raymond Queneau
One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print. — William Goldman
The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe. — Arthur Smith
I am State Senator Russell Pearce, the author of SB1070, which was signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Fear mongering and misinformation is the tool of… — Russell Pearce
I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it… — Jan Karon

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