Author Quotes Quotes

Writing is exposing yourself to strangers

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Writing is a competition between the writer and the page. When the page wins, you fail as a writer.

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

When you suspect old age is catching up with you, live faster!

~ Benny Bellamacina

If you work in The Dark, you MUST live in The Light.

~ Mylo Carbia

When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

~ Don Roff

An author is like an incompetent bricklayer - doesn't use mortar and keeps rearranging the bricks until someone tells him to stop.

~ Chris Everheart

Writing a main character is very important to me. Because each time I create one, it feels like another piece of me in a different world.

~ B.a. Gabrielle

When writing feels like jumping a cliff, grab the nearest pen!

~ Susan J. Mcintire

Words both written and read are my passion.

~ Leslie Austin

When you have a nightmare, don't let it control you. Try transforming that fear into into an antagonist to release pent-up feelings.

~ B.a. Gabrielle

Change courage into main characters, fear into antagonists, and peace and safety into supporting characters. Don't hold anything back.

~ B.a. Gabrielle

When I started this book last year, I had a small reception in mind. A few copies in my hand to share with close friends, maybe a small gathering... I never imagined that my book would have its own ISBN number and be available to the public. I never imagined seeing my name next to the words, published author. I feel so thankful that this has worked out so well for me. God is good!

~ Kristyn Van Cleave

When the world falls asleep, authors weave the stories that are called dreams.. and when authors dare to jot down.. that's called making dreams come true.

~ Vikrmn

If you are to become what you are meant to be, you have to first find your real meaning!

~ Leslie Austin

Letters orchestrated into a song of words create the symphony of a novel.

~ Leslie Austin

What is Religion according to you?“Religion is your idea of leading life, the value you not only hold close to your heart but ones that you practice, the passions in your life, the faith in your ideals, the vision you have for your life and the society around you.

~ Vishwas Mudagal

So I never told you about my sexual orientation - it means we were never close friends. My body my business.

~ S.c. Silver

Sometimes, authors' descriptions of unique fictional characters are like mirrors that reflect the readers image back.

~ Ben Abix

They're Coming.

~ Chris Mentillo

In The End, Humans Will Become Humans Own Worst Enemy.

~ Chris Mentillo

Libations are for the gods. Cocktails are for mere mortals.

~ Jonathan Kieran

It's a good thing, right, when an author gets turned on by the dirty scenes they write?!

~ Martha Sweeney

Fiction gives us a reach into the lives of individuals that would otherwise be but a closed door. If we are gifted with a desire to tell tales, then we should tell them . . . if only to reach but a few.

~ James D. Maxon

Dreams are there for those who dare to dream them.

~ R.k. King

The biggest difference between writing a movie and writing a novel? No one ever tries to sleep with me to get into one of my novels.

~ Mylo Carbia

Words writers choose are a glimmering reflection into our souls.

~ Lee Bice-Matheson-Matheson

We live and breathe words...but writing them down makes you escape into new worlds. Only those who write would understand.

~ April Mae Monterrosa

Tempting as your offer is, I won’t go home with you. I can’t sleep with you, Justin. You say it doesn’t have to be that way, but you and I both know that’s the way it would be. You’re a risk I can’t afford to take.

~ Sarah Grimm

Why do I love writing YA? Because I get a chance to re-live my youth knowing all I know now...

~ Belle Whittington

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

~ Aditi Dufare

Things that only a writer would understand—you’re writing a character—you tell that character who she or he is and they stop you and make it clear, they are the ones telling their story. You just have to let them tell it.

~ Lisa Marbly-Warir

Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

~ E.l. Doctorow

It's good to write badly. Things can only get better.

~ Alan Dapre

I enjoy writing historical fiction because it allows me to live more lives than just this one.

~ Karen A. Chase

It was your personality that consumed me. You became my favorite. My favorite of them all…

~ Jennifer Renson

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

~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

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

~ Tushar Upreti

Authors are merely the medium between the words and the page.

~ Caron Kamps Widden

top connecting with the world. Connect with yourself on your beach. Stop thinking. Stop analyzing. Start feeling. Start dreaming.

~ Kim Ha Campbell

Love isn't easy. It isn't perfect like in stories or movies--but it's real. When we feel it, it reminds us we are alive, and when we truly feel it--it hurts like hell--but it reminds us why we live... For the hope of love.

~ N.a. Koziol