933 Quotes About Authors

Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.

The novelist is condemned to wander all his life. Homeless and blind like Oedipus he wanders until death. And so let us protect the novelist and adore him, with pity, honor, and love.

A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.

If I were only allowed to read or enjoy art or listen to music made by people whose opinions and beliefs were the same as mine, I think the world would be a pretty dismal sort of a place... Most, probably all, human beings get to do awful things and believe things that other human beings think they should be burned for believing, and they get to do and believe wonderful things too, and artists, writers, musicians, creators, actors, are nothing if not human beings.

I like to read as much as I can from every genre. That way, I can express my love for all writers.

An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.

As individuals, great writers from Villon to Diderot to Voltaire toRousseau to Byron or Shelley have often shown themselves to beirresponsible, selfish, mean or sometimes even cowardly people. Their lives were drab or self destructive or reckless.We read them for their Words, not for their deeds.

If you write without reading, you will certainly have too many books without readers.

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.: