Articles Quote by Jan Harlan

It's better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books.

— Italo Calvino

I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.

— W. Somerset Maugham

As Jules Renard said, no matter how much care an author takes to write as few books as possible, there will be people who…

— Donald Barthelme

I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

— Jim C. Hines

I know Charlie Kaufman really well, for instance. Charlie Kaufman starts a story, and he has no freaking idea where he's going. None. Zero.…

— Stephen Gaghan

Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they were written…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

Nobody ever wrote a good book simply by collecting a number of accurate facts and valid ideas.

— Rebecca West

I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

— Jim C. Hines

“Some of the best books published every year are penned by talented writers whose identity the public will never know.”

— Richard Castle

He was an author whose works were so well known as to be almost confidential.

— Stanley Walker

I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.

— Kate Fleetwood

You mean old books?" "Stories written before space travel but about space travel." "How could there have been stories about space travel before --"…

— Philip K. Dick