Author Quotes
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Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.
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The first author of speech was God himself, that instructed Adam how to name such creatures as He presented to his sight.
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Few books are more thrilling than certain confessions, but they must be honest, and the author must have something to confess.
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As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!
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I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young.
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The author always knows more than the reader does at the start of a novel, and gradually, they share that knowledge with the reader - that's storytelling.
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I'm not an actual author but an accidental one.
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Who is the coolest author ever? Is it the guy who wrote Fablehaven? If not, what’s the matter with you?
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But whether thus submissively or not, at least be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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I am the author of my life. Unfortunately, I am writing in pen and can’t erase my mistakes.
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Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better than you can do anything else then go ahead and do it without frills and flourishes. Stick to your present job and write in your spare time: but do it as if it is a whole time job.
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Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.
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It's interesting what pops out of an author's subconscious when he's not thinking about it.
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I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.
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Technological prescience in science fiction usually requires an author with luck. Societal prescience requires a poet.
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We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever it may be, as he saw it.
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A man of letters, merely by reading a phrase, can estimate exactly the literary merit of its author.
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I hear background noise, but I haven't heard any specific legislation or author.
