Quotes of: Author Keyword

I have always loved story - I escaped within it as a child, I read every day, I love figuring out the complex layers of an author's work.

Kirsten Prout

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Whatever happened after the liberation of Krajina, this was in no way a violation of human rights by Croatian authorities.

Franjo Tudjman

As a passionate writer, reader and fiction lover, I enjoy sharing recommendations and promoting the work of fellow authors.

Carla H. Krueger

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.

Isaac Marion

All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out without my permission, and I've not seen a dime at this point, either.

Jello Biafra

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition. -Jose Bergamin, author (1895-1983)

Jose Bergamin

I am the author of a book called "My Life's Journey" and creator of my destiny.

Debasish Mridha

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

E.A. Bucchianeri

It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.

Eleanor Catton

Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children's literature and guided me towards adult literature.

Eleanor Catton

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

Edward Gibbon

You can fire your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children. But they remain your co-authors forever.

Ellen Goodman

I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else?

Eric Hill

Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!

Brian Jacques

Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

Chris Van Allsburg

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.

Gary Hamel

Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?

John Mellencamp

Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.

John C. Polanyi

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

John Selden