Authorship Quote by Kalyan C. Kankanala

“The precursor of copyright law served to force the identification of the author so that he could be punished if he proved to be…

— James Boyle

“Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he…

— United Nations

“A right doesn't include the material implementation of that right by other men; it includes only the freedom to earn that implementation by one's…

— Ayn Rand

A writer has to fully defend his rights and his own worth.

— Gao Xingjian

“I can claim copyright only in myself, and occasionally in those who are either dead or have written about the same events, or who…

— Christopher Hitchens

“a basic component of individual rights is the right to own property.”

— Russell Shorto

“In every author, let us distinguish the man from his work.”

— Voltaire

“The rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The essential ingredient of authorship is authority. You hunt it out in a library, you chase it down the street, or you knit it…

— Barbara Kingsolver

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

— Loren Weisman

“express written permission of the author. Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the”

— Amy Wright

I think people are confusing the right to write with the right to be published.

— John Connolly