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Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. — John F. Kennedy

You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance to read it. — William Goldman

The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end. — Stephen King

I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author. — Sophie Hannah

That is how we writers all started: by reading. We heard the voice of a book speaking to us. — Margaret Atwood

Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence. — Lauren Hutton

There's no such thing as 'no market'. Some books are just niche orientated that's all. — Jo Linsdell

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors. — Dan Brown

Do you feel it? The connection between us? The pull? The power of our link? — N.D. Jones

Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust. — Willis Regier

Seriously, when you see a new book fresh on the stand and in big letters it says "A Million Copies Sold," did you ever wonder who bought them? — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Book marketing is like opening doors for your readers to find you, not a stick you hit them with. — Heather Hart

There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book. — Witold Rybczynski

Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books. — Alec-Tweedie

I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents. — Jabari Asim

One man is as good as another until he has written a book. — Benjamin Jowett

Nothing leaves a scar upon an Authors heart more than a book they've written with purpose going unread. — Mark W. Boyer

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

If you like a book you read, tell someone. If you hate it, tell em harder. — J.D. Mader

We really learn only from those books that we cannot judge. The author of a book that we were able to judge would have to learn from us. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Write from the heart. A book without a pulse is like a person without a spirit. Linda Radke, President of Five Star Publications — Linda F. Radke

One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write. — Matthew Reilly

Pretend you're not spending $3 to read one of my books but buying me a coffee and having a conversation about yourself. — Robin Sacredfire

It's heartbreaking when you love a book that fails. And it always
seems to happen to the nicest authors. — Emily Giffin

Of Books and Scribes there are no end:
This Plague--and who can doubt it?
Dismays me so, I've sadly penned
Another book about it. — Robert W. Service

I have a great book. It's called Stantasyland. Except I don't have the money to buy a million copies to put it on the bestsellers list. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

From The Corner To The Corner Office - It's Not Just A Book, It's A Lifestyle! — James A. Barlow

The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity — Bernard Kelvin Clive

The Baby Name book can be a very dangerous tool in the hands of a prolific author. — Michelle M. Pillow

Do you look like the photograph on your book jackets? Authors, I find, seldom do. — Hilary Mantel

There's writing power in one word sentences and one sentence paragraphs. Wise authors use them. -Judith Briles — Judith Briles

This book had two authors, and they were both the same person. — Terry Pratchett

Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don't worry about it. — Neil Gaiman

To write a good book, you must read one book for each page of the book you are about to write. — M.F. Moonzajer

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do. — Lemony Snicket

If I had to write a book, I could not find anything in the world worth saying - as is indeed the case with many voluminous authors. — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

An authors publication date never matters, a book not read yet will always be New ... — Catherine Townsend-Lyon

But the book! The siren song of the book! — Ellen Douglas

When a book was published entitled 100 Authors Against Einstein, he retorted, "If I were wrong, then one would have been enough! — Stephen Hawking

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read. — Larry Winget

Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out! — Carmen DeSousa

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book. — Scott Turow

It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass. — John Berger

Stephen King and Clive Barker can make amazing works, such people's book should be on your list. — Deyth Banger

Everyone writes the book he or she loves to read. Great authors write the books others love to read. — Chuck Miceli

Readers are the glue that binds the books together. — J.E.B. Spredemann

I did not want to write one of those sequels that famous first-book authors get into where everybody says, 'Oh yeah.' — Robert M. Pirsig

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style. — R.L. Stine

Being a bestseller doesnt mean they wrote a great book. Just means they knew a lot of people who would buy it. — David A. Santos

Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers. — Charles Caleb Colton

A bestseller is a book written by a rich person of Indian roots staying in Europe for more than a decade.. — Himmilicious

Readers are smart and they know how to read more than just a book; they know how to read their authors. — Suzanne Steele

You can sell a lot more books if you work with other authors than if you try to do everything all by yourself. — John Kremer

Like Desserts, books come in all kinds of tasty treats! — Carmela Dutra

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. — H.L. Mencken

No matter how good it is, your book will not sell itself. — Elinor Florence

You shouldn't write about your personal life', says the one feeling threatened by the truth to the writer. — Robin Sacredfire

Authors tell stories with "the express intention of wanting people to believe them, at least until the book is closed. — Elizabeth Edmonson

An author's strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher's commitment to it. — Sterling Lord

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books. — Cynthia Rylant

The authors of book reviews would consider themselves dishonored were they to mention, as they should, the subject of the book. — Louis Aragon

A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer's block. — Ryan Lilly

Education does not define you as a "HUMAN BEING" your actions does. — Henry Johnson Jr

Sulphurous wind gusted in his wake; the dust of the street swirled and the folds of his black coat flapped against his thin body. — A.F. Stewart

Our life is a blank book and we are the authors......... Write and shape your story as much as the mind can imagine it — Jason Calder

Not all marketing people are writers, but all writers must learn to be marketers. — Joanne Kraft

Quit smoking in the hope of growing old. It takes a long time to write. People go to books for wisdom and older authors tend to have more of it. — Barbara Kingsolver

Books exceed authors' lifespan. — Toba Beta

One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me? — Alain De Botton

A hint: perhaps in this case, you should refrain from throwing the book at the audience when you finish. — Annie Barrows

There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family. — Garrison Keillor

I have my favorite authors, but in reality, my mother did. Though she's never written a book, she paved the way for me to. — Franny Armstrong

Amazon isn't happening to the book business," he likes to say to authors and journalists. "The future is happening to the book business.") — Brad Stone

Maybe authors shouldn't write more than one or two books. Maybe you just keep writing the same book over and over anyway. — Adam Langer

There is only two kind of #books .First one is by some #famous person and Second one makes a person #famous . — Tushar Upreti

A $3 Cup of Coffee is Worth a Book. — Daniel Marques

The closer one gets to the speed of light, the slower time travels. The exact thing is true when completing a book. — Daniel Ionson

It comes a point in which you don't know if you write books or the books write you — Robin Sacredfire

People can't read a book if they don't know it exists. All authors need to do marketing, regardless of how they published. — Jo Linsdell

Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them. — Alice Thomas Ellis

Why 100? If I were wrong, one would have been enough. [In response to the book "Hundred Authors Against Einstein"] — Albert Einstein

I'm contemplating if book sales and promotions can actually be rigged like so many other things in our everyday lives? — Stanley Victor Paskavich

True Devdas are Authors — Santosh Avvannavar

As opposed to being on the Internet, there's something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors. — Hans Zimmer

Melissa Foster is a wonderful connector of readers and books, a friend of authors, and a tireless advocate for women. She is the real deal. — Jennie Shortridge

Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets. — Chloe Thurlow