2,152 Quotes About Author

Confront the page that taunts you with its whiteness. Face your enemy and fill it with words. You are bigger and stronger than a piece of paper.

I’m pretty sure I’m the only author who intends to take the longest possible route to a destination that will always be over the next hill.

I write into an old book that smells of dust and whose pages are floppy with damp. Sometimes the ink splodges onto the paper, other times it will barely leave the nib of my pen.

What compels me to write now is the same as all those years ago. It is the love of writing and storytelling, driven by a desire to escape.

Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce.

Where the writing takes place doesn’t matter to a publisher, but it matters a great deal to the author.

Never interrupt an author when he or she is ‘in the zone’, else you’ll understand the real meaning of ‘writer’s nib’.

Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

One day, I'll be away from all of this! I will make enough money after getting my book published, and I will sign a literary contract and be living the dream! A little boy drops his frozen custard near me, causing the vanilla cream to spread all over my black shoes. I frown with displeasure and shake it off. One day...