Author Knows Quotes
- 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
- An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place. — Tony Hillerman
- The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done. — Louis Leakey
- Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when… — Pat Barker
- What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do. — Pat Barker