Books Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

— Dario Argento

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

— Voltaire

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

— Milan Kundera

I think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

The one author who has influenced my writing the most is the English writer John Fowles, who wrote 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,' 'The Magus,'…

— Elizabeth George

If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.

— Isaac Asimov

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

— Henry James

The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal.

— Helen McCloy

Every man is the author of his own life.

— Paul Auster

“My answer is that if it be true that every novel contains an element of autobiography—and this can hardly be denied, since the creator…

— Joseph Conrad

The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.

— Angus Wilson

A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts.

— Liao Yiwu