Author Quote by Mickey Spillane Download Open image “I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.” — Mickey Spillane ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Author Book Books Commercial She Writer Writing
I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god,… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying… — Leslie Banks Copy Share Image
“If you are working with authors, you are accepting a great responsibility and must tread very carefully. The author's work is a part of… — Terena Scott Copy Share Image
I'm probably the only bestselling author you know who's written more books than she's read. — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
I wrote two novels about a yoga studio in Los Angeles published by Penguin under the pen name Rain Mitchell. — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads. — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria. — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric. — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never… — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
“Being an author isn't just about making money or hitting the Amazon Bestsellers list, it's about the positive impact you and your stories make… — Shannon Eckrich Copy Share Image
My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names...… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“A Commie. She was a jerky Red. She owned all the trimmings and she was still a Red. What the hell was she hoping… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“I was a ruthless bastard with a twisted mind who could look on death and find it pleasant. I could break an arm or… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be your truth… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Religion is like wax. How anyone deals with it is decisive for how it will look like.” — Ben Midland Copy Share Image
“Expression is a function of intention and intention emanates from your thought faculty.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
“There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
I come from a working-class family. They're the people I know and the people I love, I guess. I do not write about them… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's… — Maud Hart Lovelace Copy Share Image
Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into the stature… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
“WHEN THE ALMIGHTY HAS PREDESTINED YOU, THERE IS NOONE IN THIS PHYSICAL LIFE THAT CAN BLOCK YOUR BLESSINGS…” — Muffin Copy Share Image
“From this point forward, you don’t even know how to quit in life.” ~ Aaron Lauritsen, ‘100 Days Drive” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image