933 Quotes About Authors

Everyone has a book in them!You have a book in you. Write it!

I write romance stories and although I want it to be a beautiful work of art, I am afraid that I will live in the story I created in my mind. It's all in my mind I know, but sometimes, the romance becomes too ideal and realistic for me that I soon fall for the hero that was just a product of my imagination. I think that is both a fearful obstacle and a proof that somehow, you are succeeding to touch a reader's heart - even if it is yours.

We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If it wasn't for our longing for these things, I doubt the novel or the short story would exist in its current form. I'm not going to say much more on the topic. Just remember: In dictatorships, only one person is really allowed to speak. And when I write a book or a story, I too am the only one speaking, no matter how I hide behind my characters.

...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.

It's your turn to stop struggling to make a living writing and make your writing dreams come true.

Like a ravenous doga lumbering, slobbering Mastiff or St. Bernard,sloping up raw hamburger and eggs from its dishon the floor in the corner of the family kitchenlicking and slurping and lappingwanting more, always moreSome greasy HemingwaySome grainy SteinbeckSavory salad with lots of garlic,that's Vonnegut

The very best authors are no longer with us; so only read books written by dead people.

If there weren’t so many interesting conversations taking place inside my head, I might venture to speak out loud.

If you ever expect to write fairy tales, you've got to get your head in the clouds.