Afternoon Quote by Michael Gruber

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.

— Esther Forbes

Without fail, the first question I am asked at any author event is, 'Are your books based on your real life?'

— Elin Hilderbrand

People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller.

— Scott Turow

“veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David”

— Lee Child

“the publication of his historical novel ‘Shadows Of The Son’ that gave”

— Daniel Leston

I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made.

— Lauren Oliver

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look…

— Dan Poynter

“Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one." ―Salman Rushdie”

— Jim Denney

I was just delighted to be a legitimate, for-real published author.

— Paul Harding

You have to remember that Shadow and Bone' was the first book I sold. And it was, in fact, the first book I ever…

— Leigh Bardugo

For a very long time, I thought everyone I met through the process of getting an agent and a publishing deal had made a…

— Lisa Jewell

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his…

— Anonymous