Authors Quotes

It doesn't have to be dreads. You can wear an Afro, or braids like you used to. There's a lot you can do with natural hair

Libraries are about books. Books have no color. And they don't care who reads them.

Every author believes, when his first book is published, that those that acclaim it are his personal friends or impersonal peers, while its revilers can only be envious rogues and nonentities.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick

There is probably no hell for authors in the next world--they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one.

Don't be 'a writer.' Be writing.

Remember: Bad timing equals great plot twists.

I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's that 290 or so pages in between that are tough!

Nothing means anything but you still have to follow the rules.

Have you ever felt in your inmost being, the conscience of others?' again she was trembling, the words were not releasing her. 'It's intolerable you know

George, I know you’re tired. But President Lincoln, he didn’t free us to be lazy and no good. He freed us to work hard and improve ourselves.”-George’s Grandmother.

Silence and creativity are very close friends!

What lies at the end of the life path? The answer is simple: Nothing lies over there! That’s why mankind must change the end of the road!

For your shadow, you are his shadow!

What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."(on Ernest Hemingway

True Devdas are Authors

Authors, reviews are not for you. They are not for you. Authors, reviews are not for you.

I am hard at work on the second draft ... Second draft is really a misnomer as there are a gazillion revisions, large and small, that go into the writing of a book.

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.

Being a bestseller doesnt mean they wrote a great book. Just means they knew a lot of people who would buy it.

An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.

Yes, I am an author. I have written some beautiful love stories and witnessed some ugly relationships.

Some men are born to be good some born to be badAs for me I only came with just a pen ‘n’ a pad.

I know one thing for sho Heaven’s gotta have a ghettoCuz where else in death do I get to go?

Don’t ever undermine writers for life is much about writing and memories are well kept through writing

It's not a job but a condition.(Alan Garner on writing)

Andrew Davies has said he prefers his authors dead, and I can see there is only a limited usefulness in a live one when it comes to adaptation.

Writing is a conduit. It opens up a passageway into the past. Not just for the writer, but for the reader too. Both readers and writer are linked by the commonality of human experience.

I have Shakespeared my Moliere to Tenessee, and I am Wild for Becket! But I got a little tired of the redundancy.

Authors need readers and not followers. Authors need review and not Likes!

I am inspired to write, and I write to inspire.

Author visits are a fun way to engage kids, and encourage reading!

If you like a book you read, tell someone. If you hate it, tell em harder.

Writing to please all readers is like cooking without seasoning …

Forget the fictional characters – how many authors are being stopped on the street?

A hint: perhaps in this case, you should refrain from throwing the book at the audience when you finish.

Imagination must be allowed to run free in our subconscious mind and when ready, it reveals its ideals to us in our conscious state.

Most people don't read books, but when they do, mine are the first, and that's enough for me.

[The writer] can easily foresee his fate ... in an age when an author who wants to have readers must take care to write in such a way that the book can easily be perused during an afternoon nap ....

I am not that creative. And therefore you must be real.

The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity

And you out there: Aren’t you somehow right here with me?

Authors can alter your life.

Publishing would be so wonderful without those wretched authors.

You learn to run by running.

Life is like a dream, when you wake up, you only have memories.

People hate the idea of politicians, you see, but love the idea of authors, at least until they meet one.

It is not lack of ability, but lack of motivation, lack of focus, and lack of self-confidence that prevents most aspiring authors from finishing what they started.

The internet in general and social networking sites in particular are making people more reclusive than social.