Writing Quote by E. Ayers

“Every author these days is an award-winning novelist. Why? Because they set up an award contest and they dub themselves the winner.”

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

“I don't claim to be a great author, but I do write from the heart.”

— Teri Heyer

These are some of my awards - an Ivor Novello, a Variety Club Silver Heart, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall…

— Neil Sedaka

“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Literary award judges have the power to select a prize winner, granting them fame and potentially turning their book into a bestseller. However, determining…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Being a writer is a gift, being an author is amazing, becoming a best seller is everyone's dream”

— LaQuita Cameron

Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lead at the BookWorld Awards…

— Jasper Fforde

No writer who knows the great writers who did not receive the Prize can accept it other than with humility. There is no need…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the ultimate joy.”

— A.H. Richardson

“But really it says everything that’s wrong about the publishing industry, that a quarter of a million people bought and read a sex and…

— Sarra Manning

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Those who would like to become writers attend courses on writing poetry and prose and analyze their own work and that of other writers…

— Dejan Stojanovic