Authors Quotes

523 quotes by 418 authors

OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without… — Ambrose Bierce
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. — Charles Churchill
And for the citation of so many authors, 'tis the easiest thing in nature. Find out one of these books with an alphabetical index, and… — Miguel de Cervantes
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. — John Dryden
There are twenty-four characters in this book named Max. Let there be an end to this silly business of authors never giving their own names… — Max Shulman
Jesus' death by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate is as sure as anything historical can ever be. For if no follower of Jesus had written anything… — John Dominic Crossan
Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count for… — Bennett Cerf
Books have always been living things to me. Some of my encounters with new authors have changed my life a little. When I have been… — Liv Ullmann
I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type.… — Gloria Stuart
Michael Koryta isnâ€™t just one of the finest authors working in the crime genre today. Heâ€™s simply one of todayâ€™s finest authors, period. His stories… — William Kent Krueger
Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders provides clinicians with essential guidelines to treat patients in the era of managed care. Seven psychiatric… — Judith S. Beck
The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. — John McCain
Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in… — Edward Abbey
The authors of the gospels were unlettered and ignorant men and the teachings of Jesus have come to us mutilated, misstated and unintelligible. — Thomas Jefferson
The connection between authors, printers, and booksellers must be kept up. — James Boswell
Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics.… — Gertrude Atherton
There are no authors in my genre. No one is doing what I do. — Nicholas Sparks
The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but â€˜[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this… — Sandra Day O'Connor
Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens — Malcolm Cowley
My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal… — Kevin Henkes

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