Books Quote by Roland Barthes

“The precise metaphysical procedures by which a book goes about writing another book need not concern us here. Suffice to say that our human…

— James K. Morrow

An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to…

— Nicolas Chamfort

“The written word is assumed to have been reflected upon and revised by its author,”

— Neil Postman

A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.

— Umberto Eco

We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a…

— Paulo Freire

“Authors are merely the medium between the words and the page.”

— Caron Kamps Widden

When you got source material, whether it's a play or a book - a great writer often appreciates being adapted and developed. It's like…

— Jude Law

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

— Umberto Eco

“Authors only write what their characters tell them. Which mean we are scribes, and the characters are the author.”

— Anna-Cosette

A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A…

— Maurice Blanchot

“The author and publisher and any subsequent distributors of this work also assume no responsibility for any errors, assumptions, or interpretations you might make…

— Anonymous

“Intrinsic to the concept of a translator's fidelity to the effect and impact of the original is making the second version of the work…

— Edith Grossman