933 Quotes About Authors

Most modern authors failed to distinguish between two very different phenomena: the production of a new taxon, and the production of a new phenotype.

What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.

I simply don't understand authors that know everything before they write it; it seems so cold blooded. I think it's lovely when the story takes over and goes somewhere else.

In 1 percent of the cases we find authors have engaged in fraud.

I had one of those defining moments in the fourth grade when my teacher said the story I wrote was the best in the class, and therefore I would be going Young Authors Conference where I'd get to hang out with authors all day.

I did teach elementary school for quite a while, and so I didn't have to reach too far back for the titles and authors that populate the early chapters 'of The Borrower.'

Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile.

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.

There are two words that send romance authors into spasms of rapture: 'Downton Abbey.'