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Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader. — Morris Gleitzman

The deeper into this chapter in my life I get, the fainter the hum of crucifixion becomes. — Maggie Young

The first good news for all of us, the first joyful story of our lives, is that there is a story at all, and an Author who has loved us into being. — Anthony M. Esolen

Tina Seelig, author of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, — Ashwin Sanghi

Good ideas come from everywhere. It's more important to recognize a good idea than to author it. — Jeanne Gang

He who writes in blood and aphorisms does not want to be read, he wants to be learned by heart. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Writing is simply another means for truth to escape, besides crawling out the hole it's eaten in the author's belly. — Dianne Kozdrey Bunnell

It is difficult to see the picture when you are inside the frame. — Unknown Author 724

An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story. — Lorrie Moore

The fact that the author thinks slowly is not serious, but the fact that he publishes faster than he thinks is inexcusable. — Wolfgang Pauli

The science fiction author, H.G. Wells was an avid supporter of eugenics and a believer in a hierarchy of the races. — A.E. Samaan

I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author. — Ray Kurzweil

Who learns most from a good book is the author. — Jose Bergamin

Do try The House by fresh new author, Susannah Mansfield, it's funny, sad and very different, you'll love the characters and the stories. — Susannah Mansfield

With each daunting step, the armor I'd always worn like a protective cloak unraveled, and my footing faltered. — E.R. Pierce

A good read is like dancing a tango with the author. You feel the music, give yourself over, move in unison to the music of words. ~ Mark Rubinstein — Mark Rubinstein

Words--Midnight coined and daily spent. . .writer of the dream.
--Jim Ross Author, Rays: Wherever They Touch — Jim Ross

IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE — Charleston Parker

We must stop this unimaginable atrocity before it becomes a reality. — S.A. Tawks

Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim. — Elie Wiesel

To hackers, a program was an organic entity that had a life independent from that of its author. — Steven Levy

My favorite author's question of all time - because it's so simple to answer ... 'Is your hair really like that, or do you get it done? — Margaret Atwood

The wondrous God is the author of souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am an acquired taste. Do with that what you will. — Lisa Marie Perry

I dare you to stand out. — Sahndra Fon Dufe

The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish. — R. Scott Bakker

Loving someone is not tough but the real courage is to be with that person forever. — Anuj Tiwari

A writer or an author must always be the no.1 fan of his/her book. — Aditi Dufare

The word 'believe' is an important factor in you securing your success. — Stephen Richards

Great characters tell their own stories. The author just writes it down for them. — Molly Evangeline

Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in alignment with the author. — Steve Maraboli

The lot of the bride
to be wed before bed
desired until rotten.
The lot of the author
to be read before bed
admired then forgotten. — Roman Payne

Some men borrow books; some men steal books; and others beg presentation copies from the author. — James Jeffrey Roche

People like dialogue. Being a part of it or reading it. Me personally, I'd rather write it. — Andrea L'Artiste

If you keep looking back, you'll never be able to move forward. You're the only one who can stop yourself from your own success. — B.A. Gabrielle

a true relantionship is when you can tell each other anything & everything no secrey no lies... — The Gentle Author

You are not the writer. You are the story being told from The Writer. — Richard Wisniewski

When I die I hope it may be said:
'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'. — Shannon L. Alder

Your mind can grasp intellectual ideas, but it is in the FEELING where the transformation takes place. — Stephen Richards

From the writer of "Age of Armageddon: The Spirit of Krynn"

Once one feels justified, one is often bereft of conscience. — Ryan Tyler Palmer

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. — E.A. Bucchianeri

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

That's fucking gay. Everything is gay. — Unknown Author 204

Every act of goodness it's born from our desire to be happy. — Udai Yadla

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language. — Max Frisch

Life is the greatest chance that has been given to all of us. So how do you choose to live your life? You've got a pen. Write it down. — Kcat Yarza

No amount of therapy can replace the joy of revenge writing. — Mylo Carbia

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. — Jean De La Bruyere

Films always make everyone else rich save the author. — Susan Hill

VW used to mean FAHRVERGNUGEN and now it's FARFROMUNION!

Birgit Von Schondorf — Birgit Von Schondorf

Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field. — Harsha Bhogle

It is impossible to know the laws of life without knowing its Author and Founder. — Sunday Adelaja

When you open a book, you open the mind of the author. — Teni Abegunde

The author's tribute is heartfelt ... — Monty Roberts

Zembla is a site devoted to the life and works of author, translator, and lepidopterist. — Vladimir Nabokov

The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and use it for what you need. — Stella Adler

The Allwise Creator hath been dishonored by being made the author of fable and the human mind degraded by believing it. — Thomas Paine

Everything in this world happens with a purpose. You are born in this world with a purpose, you are chosen by purpose. — Udai Yadla

I'm just a girl, with a pen and a dream — Nikki Rowe

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public. — Nicolas Chamfort

Poker is war. People pretend it is a game."
~Doyle Brunson — Kiara Delaney

As an adult, be child-like as you learn but not child-ish as you live. — Carew Papritz

The sensible author writes for no other posterity than his own
that is, for his age
so as to be able even then to take pleasurein himself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Live each day as if it were the first day of marriage and the last day of vacation. — Unknown Author 47

Not everyone gets to do what they love, be good at it, and get paid for it. If you do, you're lucky. — Britt Holewinski

Q: I want to be an author when I grow up. Am I insane?"
Neil Gaiman: "Yes. Growing up is highly overrated. Just be an author." — Neil Gaiman

The best writing reflects the author's ideas and communicates them clearly to the reader. — Steve Dunham

It is language which speaks in literature, in all its swarming 'polysemic' plurality, not the author himself. — Terry Eagleton

When life gives you lemons ... add melted butter , toasted paprik and dip some lobster in it! — Stuart J. Scesney

As a writer, I see the saga of your life in a single glimpse. It may be inaccurate, but my version doesn't lack for creativity. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I am also an author. Please check out my novel, A Life Worth Dreaming About. — Nicholas Dettmann

In the search for an author [of Hebrews] we are virtually stumbling over Priscilla. No longer is it feasible to pretend she isn't there. — Ruth Hoppin

Life as an Author is like a roller coaster. You never know how high you will climb, or how fast you'll come down, but it is a wild ride! — Shay Lee Soleil

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. — Andre Maurois

You have to appreciate the readers, without them there are no stories worth telling. — Andrew Lennon

One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print. — William Goldman

By today's standards, if you go by the early morning TV misery shows, my broken home family of mixed parentage siblings was quite normal. — Hailey Giblin

A man who worships the Creator is a book signed by the Author. — Robert Mullin

Whatever my passions demand of me, I become for the time being - musician, poet, director, author, lecturer or anything else. — Richard Wagner

If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by the end. — Brett Armstrong

Nature is a volume of which God is the author. — William Harvey

If I propose to myself and myself says yes, I get to have the cake, right? I love me, so I'm thinking 12 tiers. — Michelle M. Pillow

Oh, to be the author of prison letters. It's a young girl's dream come true. — Jenny B. Jones

Adversity introduces a man to himself. ~Author Unknown — Steve Hilts

I'll be your friend until you find a better one. — Carla H. Krueger

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante

To be authentic is literally to be your own author, to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them. — Warren G. Bennis

Watching TV helps me come up with a lot of new ideas. Psychological and mystery help me the most because of how thought provoking they are! — B.A. Gabrielle

The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth. — Samuel Johnson

Writing in the first person helps to make clear the author's role in constructing rather than discovering the story/knowledge. — Gayle Letherby

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet
it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. — Joss Whedon

I look forward to seeing more of this author's writings.
Linda Strong — Vicki M. Taylor

Spend your time with family and people you love. Don't wait for festivals be with them, each moment you're with them, that's a festival. — Sarvesh Jain

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

You can't always control what happens to you but you can master how you react to it. — Nikki Rowe

We lose ourselfs in books, we find ourself's there to — Unkown Author

Call me the author. — Joan Didion

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author ... — Sylvia Townsend Warner

The whale has no famous author, and whaling no famous chronicler, you will say. — Herman Melville

D.L Sparks author of All That Glitters. — Angel Mechelle