Authors Quotes

523 quotes by 418 authors

I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My… — Richard Lewis
I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category. Science fiction is… — Lois Lowry
Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile. Travel abroad and learn to live in other cultures. That's one of the things about teaching… — Richard K. Morgan
People really want to set up these rivalries because there's a lot of vampire books out there. People want to believe we're all fierce rivals,… — Richelle Mead
I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page. — Julia Child
Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary… — Sara Sheridan
Well, I hate it when authors come into a school and they say to kids, 'Write from your heart, only write what you know, and… — R L Stine
I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right… — Daniel Dennett
Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. — James Buchan
In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness… — Aubrey Beardsley
I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience. — Stephen L. Carter
Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a… — Linwood Barclay
Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don't remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading… — Ally Carter
For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with… — Jonathan Ames
I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which was 'The Timber… — Sharon Creech
I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web to be controlled… — Robert Cailliau
As an arts journalist in London, working mainly for the BBC, I interviewed hundreds if not thousands of authors. From them I gleaned a great… — Frank Delaney
I think Judy Blume, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz are the three authors responsible for my being where I am today. I owe them a… — James Dashner
One of my favorite authors, Garbrielle Zevin, she did a book called 'Elsewhere,' that is one of my favorites, and I think they're making that… — Isabelle Fuhrman
I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing. — Ken Follett

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