Quotes of: Author Keyword

I admit to subscribing to all the celebrity rags. The best part of being an author is if the celebs aren't being ridiculous enough, you can just make it up.

Lauren Weisberger

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

Stephen Sondheim

We want the author to give us answers when all he can do is give us desires.

On Reading

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.

Pat Barker

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

Pierre Bayle

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

Plato

... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.

Roberto Bolano

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

Robert Gottlieb

No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors.

Robert Gottlieb

Flowers don't tell, they show. That's the way good books should be too."--Stephanie Skeem. Author of Flotsam

Stephanie Skeem

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream. -- Author unknown

Shelley K. Wall

I don't use 'always do this,' 'never say that' and I never give advice because I'm not the end-all, be-all authority.

Kevyn Aucoin

William Trevor is an author I admire; his stories are subtle and powerful, and beautifully written.

Kim Edwards

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

Ken Hill

My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform.

Lewis Black

Questioning authority doesn't make you resistant; who should follow blindly without knowing the destination

LDarnell

‎"You are the author for your life and you only get one chance to leave a beautiful mark.

L.M. Fields

If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that?

L.A. Jones

The goal of Bible translation is be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote.

Leland Ryken

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

Lao Tzu

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

Mahmoud Abbas