Authors Quotes

523 quotes by 418 authors

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We want to believe. Young students try to believe in older authors, constituents try to believe in their Congressmen, countries try to believe in their… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. [â€¦] The telegraph… — Neil Postman
They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder, writers advocating censorship,… — Ludwig von Mises
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for… — John F. Kennedy
Writing is storytelling and all of us are authors, not just of words but of reality. You are the author of your life, so go… — Ben Mikaelsen
There seemed to be a mystifying universal conspiracy among textbook authors to make certain the material they dealt with never strayed too near the realm… — Bill Bryson
Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work… — Dodie Smith
By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have gone to sleep.… — Brandon Sanderson
Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This makes readers feel… — Brandon Sanderson
Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. — Dorothy Parker
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and… — Henry David Thoreau
Everything, in retrospect, is obvious. But if everything were obvious, authors of histories of financial folly would be rich . . . — Michael Lewis
I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is… — Mark Twain
One of the surest tests of the superiority or inferiority of a poet is the way in which a poet borrows. Immature poets imitate mature… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
You have a very open relationship with your fans." "Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and… — Neil Gaiman
Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired well before I… — Lauren Willig
When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant, incisive and in… — Robin McKinley
Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research. — Walter Moers
If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language.... This plan would have the advantage… — Robertson Davies

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