My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.
Authors are the closest thing man would come to understanding God. It is a remarkable thing to conjure up a life and create its story.
No one can command over the images of your mind but an Author can and if you won't believe on me then read my book.
Like the child, the creative writing student is posited as a centre of vulnerable creativity, needful of attention and authority.
The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.
We see a new generation of Russian authors who are not divided from their Western contemporaries either culturally or philosophically.
Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet.
When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.
In the underlying bill, I think the authors of the legislation, those in support of it, understand the use of the Mississippi River. Yes, there is commercial navigation on it, and there will be tomorrow.
If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.
One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities.
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.
As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries.
The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.
Do try The House by fresh new author, Susannah Mansfield, it's funny, sad and very different, you'll love the characters and the stories.
When you find the church you're supposed to be in, you will recognize the pastor’s voice as an important spiritual authority in your life.
My quotes are being used in other authors creations. To be recognized while I'm alive has surpassed my expectations
Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both.
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
