In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.
To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.
I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs to know his job, to be open.
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.
If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.
I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written.
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality.
The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.
The first thing I ever learned in roller derby is to fall, and in the author world I believe that same rule applies.
In females, the author has found the application of pure carbolic acid to the clitoris an excellent means of allaying the abnormal excitement.
When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.
Michael Lewis, author of 'Moneyball,' got special access for a profile of Obama for 'Vanity Fair' - but Obama insisted on redlining his quotes.
As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.
We don't need to be a pro photographer for making a photo or an experienced author for making quotes, everyone can make photos and quotes.
Hard core authors are determined about their craft, and they know that building a brand entails hard work. They eat, breathe and live their writing.:
My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.
Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.
As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant.
Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three.
