Authors Quotes

523 Authors quotes by 418 unique authors

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And… — Nicholas Sparks
Why are we reading a Shakespeare play or 'Huckleberry Finn?' Well, because these works are great, but they also tell us something about the times… — Jane Smiley
Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's… — Wilbur Smith
The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was… — Richard Stallman
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. — R L Stine
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or… — Walt Whitman
When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. — Paul Weller
Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really… — E. O. Wilson
Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing. — Laurence J. Peter
I would give them (aspiring writers) the oldest advice in the craft: Read and write. Read a lot. Read new authors and established ones, read… — Khaled Hosseini
To the question: How do the authors of sketches, stories and novels get along in life, the following answer can or must be given: They… — Robert Walser
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by… — Abraham Maslow
Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be… — Eugene Ionesco
The kids who leave their favorite authors behind do not in fact leave us utterly abandoned, but in due time drive children of their own… — Jerry Spinelli
Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is… — Albert Einstein
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. […] 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

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