Alive Quote by Padgett Powell

Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

— Walter Cronkite

I'd go for "really great writer." Although I don't think I am. I know I have a style which is recognizable. I think you…

— Terry Pratchett

Obituaries were among my favorite to write because they have elements no other news stories have - a story from start to finish with…

— Tom Rachman

I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

— J. D. Salinger

There are probably a couple of things I'd never write about until everyone I know is dead. And then there's other stuff which nobody…

— Ned Beauman

I've published many biographies over the years and enjoyed working with writers on their research, discussing it, thinking about it and how it revealed…

— Victoria Wilson

I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books -…

— Anatoly Rybakov

I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try to go…

— Kitty Kelley

I'm sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I've had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science…

— Arthur C. Clarke

If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say…

— Vikram Seth

Everyday I live, I am writing my obituary.

— Myles Munroe

John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm most interested…

— Jonathan Dee