Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 867 authors

A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less. — Henry Edward Manning
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task - that… — Arthur David Beaty
It requires more than mere genius to be an author. — Jean de la Bruyere
I think of an author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, "I will tell you a story,"… — Robertson Davies
Rule one of reading other people's stories is that whenever you say 'well that's not convincing' the author tells you that's the bit that wasn't… — Neil Gaiman
An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart. — Uri Shulevitz
A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously. — Albert Camus
I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch. — Truman Capote
Thank and glorify His Beloved Son, who, with indescribable suffering, gave His life on Calvary's cross to pay the debt of mortal sin. He it… — Gordon B. Hinckley
It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking oneself, for… — Mahatma Gandhi
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be… — Ray Bradbury
The Bible is actually a library of books-some long, some short- written over hundreds of years by many authors. Behind each one, however, was [the]… — Billy Graham
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to… — John Maynard Keynes
The literature Nobel laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him.A scientist cannot do… — Sune Bergstrom
Written language must be considered as a particular psychic reality. The book is permanent; it is an object in your field of vision. It speaks… — Gaston Bachelard
[M]y fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose providential aid can supply… — George Washington
Most papers in computer science describe how their author learned what someone else already knew. — Peter Landin
The preservation of the Jew was certainly not casual. He has endured through the power of a certain ideal, based on the recognition of a… — Cecil Roth
The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the… — James Rollins

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