Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year.
What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one.
My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
The problems of rebellious youth can be traced to homes where the mother disobeyed the father or showed lack of respect for his authority.
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.
Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
Avoid jumping into conclusion! This may cause your idea fractured. Authority will not be responsible!
'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.
One of the chief values reading history, this is the author, is its capacity to "provoke renegade thoughts".
I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be.
What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.
I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation.
The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
An autobiography is inherently incomplete unless the last page is written on the eve of the author's demise.
As an actress you can participate, you can be a co-author, help the director. But I always wanted to be able to make the big decisions.
No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.
The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.
