Quotes of: Author Keyword

Only mothers will ever know the true struggle and sacrifice it takes to create life. Authors come in at a close second.

R.P. Falconer

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

Robert Hall

A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.

Sandra Chami Kassis

I am an Author a person who plays with words so they can dance in the minds of others

Stanley Victor Paskavci

I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.

Sam Sheppard

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

Scott Turow

'The Author' is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.

Tim Crouch

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.

Tom T. Hall

Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.

T.E. Lawrence

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Ken Hill

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.

Keith Richards

Mayors do not have that authority to pick and choose what laws they're going to enforce.

Lou Barletta

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.

Laura Hillenbrand

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Logan Pearsall Smith

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.

Lynne Truss

As a journalist, I'm not supposed to be the subject, but as an author, I'm fair game - another ingredient in the media soup.

Michael Azerrad

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

Michael Cunningham

I'm still surprised to be an author. I wonder what I'll write next?

Mordicai Gerstein

No settlement with the majority is possible as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else watch their novel wither away.

Michael J. Kannengieser

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.

Maya Lin