Books Quote by Lorin Stein

“When I write something I usually think it is very important and that I am a very fine writer. I think this happens to…

— Natalia Ginzburg

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

— Fannie Hurst

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's…

— Lily Collins

“What makes an author write under a different name ? Well, some may actually be criminals on the run, looking to make a bit…

— Rotimi Ogunjobi

Names which tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often precedes the selection of a name.

— Claude C. Hopkins

The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to…

— Asne Seierstad

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM,…

— Susie Bright

I've learned over the years that big-name writers might be treated fairly by the media conglomerates that dominate publishing today. But the average author…

— Thomas Hauser

I want to stay in the writing long enough to become a falling star of the up-and-coming genre, then a has-been known only by…

— Daryl Gregory

There will be some trouble about 'biography' because I have never troubled myself to supply particulars of my early life to any writer.

— Arthur Wing Pinero

I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing.

— Chris Jericho

Names that tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often proceeds the selection of a name

— Claude C. Hopkins