Book Quote by H.P. Oliver

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

— Mickey Spillane

“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's…

— Colette

“Writers are made--forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities--over the course of many, many moons. The writer you are when…

— Chuck Wendig

I am a writer (and one day I'll be an author). For a long time I was a bookseller (who wrote) or a TV…

— Michael Scott

“When a writer dies, he becomes his books.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“I learned that books are never finished, that it is possible for stories to go on writing themselves without an author.”

— Paul Auster

“You have to regain control of the authorship of your life and realize that no one else is going to write the story for…

— Nate Green

“Publishing a book does not make you an authority or an expert. Authorship doesn’t not equal authority.”

— Loren Weisman

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

— Andrew Vachss

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

— Anonymous

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge…

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“Being an author isn't just about making money or hitting the Amazon Bestsellers list, it's about the positive impact you and your stories make…

— Shannon Eckrich