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Authors Quotes by Paul Di Filippo
- As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow…
- I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel or two -…
- Any debut novel is usually a case of spitting into the wind - or, just maybe, casting your bread upon the waters. Without an established…
- The lives of most authors - even, or perhaps especially, the great ones - are necessarily a catalogue of tedious inwardness and cloistered composition. Globe-trotting…
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- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as… — Joseph Addison
- It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass. — John Berger
- Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone… — Alain de Botton
- Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's unacceptable for… — Nick Cave
- There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- We must be authors of the history of our age. — Madeleine Albright
- among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of… — Thomas Jefferson
- Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful… — Joseph Addison
- Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their… — Richard Bach
- The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls… — Albert Camus
- Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an… — Stephen Vizinczey