Author Quotes

I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job.

Edinburgh is a comfortable puddle for a novelist.

I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is done online.

My writing, it’s my way of making sense of everything. My way to feel whole. May I never be complete and may I never feel content – please, let me always have the need, always have the urge to write.

Words both written and read are my passion.

Like a father with his daughter, the writist plays peek-a-boo with the world. His aim is to evoke that sweet smile, the one that says "i remember you. I am glad you are here again".

Sometimes just looking into a person's eyes can tell a graphic story and a brilliant novel if you have the ability to turn it into words.

A novel is a writer's rant disguised as entertainment...

Commercial fiction writing – where my bread is buttered – is fairly straightforward. The writing is simply efficiency and story. The more you have of one the less you need of the other.

Write what you want to write and would like to read, not for any invisible audience. Your readers will find you.

Escaping Reality One Erotic Romance Novel At a Time.

No blasphemy harms Islam and Muslims so much as the call for murdering a writer

If you wait to live you will never succeed. Living begins today and it begins within you.

Yeah, I write Urban Fantasy, but its more like Die Hard or Indiana Jones with Fairies, Mummies and a Vampire who uses guns more than his teeth.

Expression is a function of intention and intention emanates from your thought faculty.

~Reading a book is like looking through a window!

It ain't just about writing on some documents, author writes on to the readers' heart and mind.

Yes, I felt very small. The typewriter seemed larger than a piano, I was less than a molecule. What could I do? I drank more.-pg 237

Originality, not Intelligence, is the sign of a brilliant Author. All the Education in the world won't help someone who can't think for themselves.

Be good, or good at it.

My author role model is Kurata Misako. I want to be rich enough to drive from room to room in my home but also down to earth enough to let squirrels live in my hair.

...I happen to be the kind of author who in starting to work on a book has no purpose than to get rid of that book....

When I die cremate me so I can finally fit into something small.

New York City, city of exaggerations. Place of Herculean ascensions and perilous falls.

No, I will not join your Civil War reenactment troupe.

I'll write'em if you'll read'em

He has tongue of a writer.

To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.

Literature can stop my heart and execute me for a moment, allow me to become someone else.

I don't believe it pays to be a great author.

Where Norman Rockwell is the Artist for the man on the street, O'Henry is his author.

I crept in to find my father with pennies on his eyes - and looking closer I saw they were made of foil-covered chocolate. Of course I stole and ate them. Magical guilt? Tell me about it

He had long been curious at leaders intermittent calls for a return to past values and had tested the notion by trying to build a house from the sky downwards

Determine the result you desire..law of averages does not know the objective untill the decision is made. Once a decision is made, the law of averages goes into operation.

One of the single most important things a writer must do, besides writing, is reading ...... and drinking coffee.

Can you think of a better way than slavishly copying and removing attribution to disrespect an author

A deep level of personal engagement is key to good writing and complete immersion by the writer will translate into a richer and more engaging experience for the reader.

A story only wants to be told. Don't stand in its way.

I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as interesting as the dialogue going on inside my head.

the medicine wheel is inside of you it not in a pile of stones the medicine wheel is inside the heart and body

I love writing, but I would be able to love it more if that love wasn’t motivated by fear of homelessness.

Survival is a passive way of saying “my needs are greater than yours.

Life is totally unbelievable. Enjoy it at its fullest, with no regrets.

Stay curious, stay weird, stay kind and don't let anyone ever tell you you aren't smart or brave or worthy enough.

A good editor fixes. A superb editor fixes without ruining the original message of your book as a superb translator does as well.

Hating a main character for being too weak is like expecting a human to be able to do everything. Stories aren't all sunshine and rainbows.

Watching TV helps me come up with a lot of new ideas. Psychological and mystery help me the most because of how thought provoking they are!

Your mind is beautiful. No matter what problems people say you have, every mind is capable of writing something inspiring and beautiful.

An idea can be born from many things. Dreams, food, people... Ideas are everywhere. It's up to you on how you utilize them.

I love every single character in my books. Killing a character of causes me physical pain... It's like ripping a band-aid off too fast.