Books Quote by Robertson Davies

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens

— Malcolm Cowley

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance.

— Dan Greenburg

As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism.…

— Carl Van Vechten

For my money, there are no more fascinating, hard-working, vulnerable creatures on earth than writers. Every day, they lay their souls out there for…

— Faith Sullivan

A lot of people like cats. Take the Pope, for example: I read recently that he was a cat-oholic!

— Milton Jones

An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not…

— Matthew Gregory Lewis

“Stories that pander to your every readerly desire and whim are like overly loyal dogs that live for the simple glow of your approval.…

— Alden Bell

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in…

— Barbara Holland

Like most authors, I also love to read.

— Aprilynne Pike

Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another.

— Walter Savage Landor

Authors are ordinary people who usually start to live apart, in the imagination, because they don't fit in with normal, healthy people.

— Henry Williamson

“I won't read a book whose pages have been dog-eared, because I'm more of a cat person.”

— Jarod Kintz