Quotes of: Moral-authority Keyword

Forget ideas, Mr. Author. What kind of pen do you use?

Revenge

You are the authority and the gatekeeper of your own life.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Not That It Matters

The greatest gift you can give an author is turning the page.

Light in the Darkness

An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.

Lord of Publishing: A Memoir

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors.

The Lost Symbol

... in art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions.

Selected Non-Fictions

I’m a disciplined author. My diligent daily writing technique is called sleeping. 

Sleepwalking is restercise

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Point Counter Point

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

Edward Gibbon

I admit to subscribing to all the celebrity rags. The best part of being an author is if the celebs aren't being ridiculous enough, you can just make it up.

Lauren Weisberger

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

Stephen Sondheim

We want the author to give us answers when all he can do is give us desires.

On Reading

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.

Pierre Bayle

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

Plato

... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.

Roberto Bolano

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

Robert Gottlieb

No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors.

Robert Gottlieb

Flowers don't tell, they show. That's the way good books should be too."--Stephanie Skeem. Author of Flotsam

Stephanie Skeem

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream. -- Author unknown

Shelley K. Wall