Art Quote by Edward Dahlberg

All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.

— Nina Bawden

You have a guy like Bernie Madoff literally steal $80 billion, you know, AIG steal hundreds of billions, Goldman Sachs. Crime has changed so…

— Adam McKay

A crime is like a crack in reality, and it is the author's role to explore those cracks. As a writer, I like to…

— Natsuo Kirino

“The public will hear of nothing but rogues; and the only way in which poor authors, who must live, can act honestly by the…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“We, the French, the cleverest people on Earth, we, the exquisite, the charming, incomparable people, -listen, I mean it- we have a weakness for…

— Anonymous

“The indignation school of writers never tires of pointing out the millions that are stolen in the Street. But while the millions are being…

— Fred Schwed Jr

There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“...those who succeeded the Voltaires, the d'Alemberts, & the Diderots at the head of the movement when these giants died, & who inherited their…

— William Doyle

“In this book industry we have different kinds of birds; excepting one; all having in common that they are ONLY watchers and squawkers at…

— Edward Drobinski

Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal.

— S.M. Stirling

I think writers are a lot like lawyers. We feed off the misfortunes of people, even ourselves.

— Gail Anderson-Dargatz

“Keep The Drama In Your Books, Not Your Life." - The Cartel Publications.”

— T. Styles C. Wash