Authors Quotes
The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.
For the rest of the afternoon, Miss Bloom smiled almost as bright as the big yellow sun shining through the front picture window. Her library was filled up with people who loved books.
I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything.
I told him. We got a library here. Got plenty of good books, too. -Larry Brown, Dirty Work
Don't let society's defined genre hold you down, be a free spirit and just write, let society be the one to decide where each piece fits in.
No, no, my friend. You are kind, and you mean well, but you can never understand these things as I do. You've never been oppressed.
August in Mississippi is different from July. As to heat, it is not a question of degree but of kind. July heat is furious, but in August the heat has killed even itself and lies dead over us.
If I had to describe the scent of Michigan in spring and summer, it wouldn't be aparticular smell – blooming wildflowers or boat exhaust off the lake – it would be a color: Green.
You put cow dung on my face?’ ‘Every day religiously until you were three. Why else do you think your skin is so clear?
A community that engages readers and culturally enabled people to connect, support and harness intellectual and cultural capabilities.
He wrote very well in those days, as it happens, much better than he does now. He had absolute convictions, and style is nothing more than the absolute conviction of possessing a style.
All my life, the library has always been one of my favorite places to go. (Larry Brown: A Writer's Life by Jean W. Cash)
You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people working toward a common purpose.
Africans must change their mind and actions.The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards self liberation.
Living in a world of darkness doesn't mean we must surrender, but to survive, we need to occasionally unleash the diva from within.
Transgender women do not think of themselves as men wearing women's clothing, they ARE women.
Everyone's life matters and everyone deserves to be happy but not everyone is in a place where they think, or even believe, happiness is possible.
I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it ... and forget not those who have fallen during the night!
Tweets about the mundane aspects of your life contain something that is vitally important to gaining followers and taking part in discussions: Authenticity.
Treat your entire audience with the same level of care.
Farsi Couplet: Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast. English Translation: If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this
We were running all over the front lawn and under the rainspouts, barefooted, in our underpants, with the rain pelting down, straight cold gray rain of Delta summers, wonderful rain. -Mexico
Cuddle up. Rain always stops. It always stops. It always does. -The Brown Cape
The internet in general and social networking sites in particular are making people more reclusive than social.
Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out!
You can never kill the spirit of an artist. They will always rewrite their resurrection and paint an eternal sunset with a blaze of orange that no one has seen before.
I'm often asked which author I am most inspired by, but I'm inspired by all authors. It takes a great deal of courage to pour your onto paper and watch silently as the world judges it loudly.
There should be more to writing than entertaining an already-brain-dead society and making money. If not, then you miss the point of writing.
An author simply comes up with a hypothetical question, and then spends eight months and 80 thousands words to come up with a believable lie to answer it
A shrink and a patient in a love-hate relationship. Who is REALLY the boss?
- If you could describe my son in 3 words, what would you say? - Sweet. Cute. Funny. - That could be a description of a puppy she says dryly.
All that sweetness makes me feel weird. My sister was never the loving type.
There's a darkness to everyone, you just have to let it out to see the world in new eyes.
Of all the advantages that ghostwriting offers, one of the greatest must be the opportunity that you get to meet people of interest.
There is something silly about a man who wears a white suit all the time, especially in New York." (on Tom Wolfe)
In Australia the Man Booker is sometimes seen as something of a chicken raffle. I just didn’t expect to end up with the chicken.
There's writing power in one word sentences and one sentence paragraphs. Wise authors use them. -Judith Briles