Quotes of: Author Keyword

Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.

Michael Lewis

We write for reasons beyond that which we can see at the time of pen touching paper. ~ Ryan Mark, Author of Tremor

Ryan Mark

Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her books.

Shannon L. Alder

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Miguel de Unamuno

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.

Marianne Williamson

It is noteworthy that at a time when every religious sanction of authority has vanished, we live in a very authoritarian epoch.

Nikolai A. Berdyaev

I am also an author. Please check out my novel, A Life Worth Dreaming About.

Nicholas Dettmann

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.

Carter G. Woodson

Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name.

Orson Pratt

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.

Richard K. Morgan

To consider only one other such witness: the followers of the Buddha have at least as much right to appeal to individual and social experience in support of the authority of the Eastern saviour.

William Kingdon Clifford

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.

Ahmed Ben Bella

Ultimately, the court is heading to a doctrine of 'separation of campaign and state.' This doctrine, like separation of church and state or separation of military and civilian authority, is not explicit in the Constitution but flows naturally from it...

Bradley A. Smith

The Internet's distinct configuration may have facilitated anonymous threats, copyright infringement, and cyberattacks, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom in ways that the framers of the American constitution would appreciate - the Federali...

Jonathan Zittrain

In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today.

Lincoln Kirstein

I grew up in L.A., and I worked for 'The Hollywood Reporter.' I knew enough about the business to know that the usual role of the author on a movie is to get out of the way and not say anything.

Cassandra Clare

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.

John Reed

The License Raj in India was a time when, to set up an industry, you needed a license. Which made the government an omnipresent and sort of all-pervasive authority.

Kumar Mangalam Birla

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.

Lysander Spooner

As an author, you can't expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that's what you hope for, you shouldn't sell the rights.

Bernhard Schlink

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

Edith Sitwell