Authors Quotes

523 Authors quotes by 418 unique authors

As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for… — Miguel Serrano
I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. — Dick Bruna
This book is unique. I know of no other which so artfully tackles two of the greatest mysteries of modern science, quantum mechanics, and consciousness.… — George Greenstein
It's actually as simple as this. New authors, building their customer base, need physical bookshops. Physical bookshops are lovely tactile, friendly, expert, welcoming places. Physical… — Tim Waterstone
Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process--it is, after all, black magic. — Edward Albee
I studied English Literature. I wasn’t a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the… — Christopher Nolan
People often ask authors where their ideas come from, and often authors say they don't know. But I do know about this one. Once upon… — Unknown Author
Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount… — Mark Twain
Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere. — Don Roff
We are the authors of our own fate-we write it each day with every one of our actions. — FÃ©lix J. Palma
From authors whom I read more than once I learn to value the weight of words and to delight in their meter and cadence --… — Lewis H. Lapham
Melissa Foster is a wonderful connector of readers and books, a friend of authors, and a tireless advocate for women. She is the real deal. — Unknown Author
It is one of the strongest bonds, I think, that can spring up between people: sharing a passion for certain books and their authors. — Alice Steinbach
I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books. — Cynthia Rylant
Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts. — Unknown Author
To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number; to oblige the… — Samuel Johnson
In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them. — John Selden
I think the more avenues that open up when people want to publish, the better. Some of the authors that want to jump ship from… — Vince Flynn
If the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with the passion to… — Scott Turow
A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. — Alexander Pope
There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors… — Edward Everett
Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did… — Leslie Fiedler
Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations. — Agatha Christie
Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such… — John Turturro

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