Authors Quotes

523 Authors quotes by 418 unique authors

At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were born and raised… — Edward P. Jones
As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable… — Jennifer Armintrout
Hugh Howey and Amanda Hocking come to mind immediately as authors who managed to build a successful following without the initial support of a large… — Jennifer Armintrout
Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara Cartland… — Virginia Henley
As many have noted, the peril for authors is that our work space is too easily our play space. — Guy Gavriel Kay
Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet. — Ruth Glick
I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel or two -… — Paul Di Filippo
Any debut novel is usually a case of spitting into the wind - or, just maybe, casting your bread upon the waters. Without an established… — Paul Di Filippo
The lives of most authors - even, or perhaps especially, the great ones - are necessarily a catalogue of tedious inwardness and cloistered composition. Globe-trotting… — Paul Di Filippo
Just keep writing, and try to finish that novel. Remember, all authors started exactly where you are right now; the only difference between a published… — Julie Kagawa
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. — Athenaeus
There are certain authors that do not turn students on; it is the truth. Homer happens to be one of them. — William Scott
Let us hope that good authors who are bad Christians will find salvation through the books they write. — Julien Green
That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to /trigger/ political… — Mario Monti
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. — George Stephen
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there… — Ron Kind
Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally. — Ken Hill
November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance… — Anita Diament
Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. — Mickey Spillane
A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. — George Dennison Prentice
People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message,… — Azar Nafisi
Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors… — Lee Child
The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implementation, however, it would appear a more appropriate name would… — Ed Royce
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them. — Anthony Horowitz
A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even Roald… — Lev Grossman

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