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, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry (1903), was a declared atheist and the author of The Evolution of the Worlds and other works on cosmic physics.

The Encyclopedia of Unbelief, 2 Vols

The author determines that the bitterest struggles are for one side of the truth to the suppression of the other side.

The Greek Way

The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles.

Human, All Too Human

The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish,' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

Jennifer Armintrout

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.

Joseph Lewis

I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it.

Dick Bruna

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Death is the start of a beginning, life is the start of the end, and the cycle continues forever." AFTERLIFE - TIM I GURUNG/AUTHOR

Afterlife

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

Heretics

And this title, retired Major Ryland, gives you authority over my MasterCard?

Running Scared

Forget ideas, Mr. Author. What kind of pen do you use?

Revenge

You are the authority and the gatekeeper of your own life.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Not That It Matters

The greatest gift you can give an author is turning the page.

Light in the Darkness

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

Lord of Publishing: A Memoir

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors.

The Lost Symbol

... in art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions.

Selected Non-Fictions

I’m a disciplined author. My diligent daily writing technique is called sleeping. 

Sleepwalking is restercise

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Point Counter Point

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

Edward Gibbon