Authors Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?”

— Anonymous

It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.

— Bret Easton Ellis

“Never judge an author by her haters.”

— Tracy Millosovich

I wished critics would judge me as an author, not as a woman.

— Charlotte Bronte

“You should see my personality on every page of my book, because I am the author. The book reflects the personality of the author.…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book than of any other on Nat. Hist. Science.

— Joseph Dalton Hooker

There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read.

— James Goodnight

I used to put black ink on the author's name in a book and write my name instead to check how it would look…

— Gulzar

“Being an author of a book is like being a mother of a debutante in the Middle Ages. You have to present your baby…

— Elvira Baryakina

I see a lot of writers who complain when their book doesn't sell and the reason that happens sometimes, is they don't know how…

— Kevin Sampsell

When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the author of…

— Mary Steenburgen