The calling of an author is more than just to entertain, but also to share ones experiences with the world.
The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name.
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.
But the longer I'm in the business, you see a lot of times these screenplays have been rewritten 5 times and you're not really offending an author.
What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash.
As an author you hope your characters have sparks but truly in the end they have minds of their own!
When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read.
The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.
I think it's always good to read local authors or relevant books. In Egypt, I studied hieroglyphics and read everything about the mummies.
Let us hope that good authors who are bad Christians will find salvation through the books they write.
The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.
That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't.
Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.
I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.
We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.
