Authors Quotes

523 Authors quotes by 418 unique authors

In fiction, I searched for my favorite authors, women I have trusted to reassure me than not all teenage guys are total ditwads, that the… — Sarah Strohmeyer
...it is a sneaking piece of cowardice for authors to put feigned names to their works, as if, like bastards of their brain, they were… — Desiderius Erasmus
Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what… — Guy Kawasaki
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay… — Rene Descartes
Taking ideas seriously does not fit with the rhetorical style of textbooks, which presents events so as to make them seem foreordained along a line… — James W. Loewen
At the end of the day, some authors will endure and most, including some very good ones, will not. Why do I think reading is… — Roger Ebert
Ultimately, it doesn't matter if the author intended a symbol to be there, because the job of reading is not to understand the authors intend.… — John Green
I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the… — Neil Gaiman
But anyone can write, right?'" Conner asked. "I mean, that's why authors get judged so harshly, isn't it? Because technically everyone could do it if… — Chris Colfer
If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit, because I know when I was younger I felt… — John Green
This book had two authors, and they were both the same person. — Terry Pratchett
I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do. — Daniel Handler
In old age the consolation of hope is reserved for the tenderness of parents, who commence a new life in their children, the faith of… — Edward Gibbon
Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence. — Lauren Hutton
...most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief, and attached themselves to some one of these communities of opinion. This conformity makes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe that in a good collaboration, the authors bring their strengths to the story; one author's strength cancels the other author's weakness, and back… — Jack Dann
Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship requires candor that… — Jason Epstein
As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and… — Heather Brooke
I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more. — Madhur Bhandarkar
Burmese authors and artists can play the role that artists everywhere play. They help to mold the outlook of a society - not the whole… — Aung San Suu Kyi
While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and my job is… — Ashwin Sanghi
My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for. — Jeff Kinney
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts… — Aberjhani
Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking. — Chuck Palahniuk
Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of… — F. Sionil Jose

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