Author Quotes

Each and every decision you make, regardless of its level of intensity, is vitally important as you seek to do God’s will.

~ Elizabeth George

No one can command over the images of your mind but an Author can and if you won't believe on me then read my book.

~ Prakhar Srivastav

On Twitter, people who had read my book followed me and I could see what else they were reading, why they'd liked what I'd written and by the by, more about them than I'd ever elicit from two minutes in a tent at a book festival, stuck behind a signing desk.

~ Sara Sheridan

IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE

~ Charleston Parker

The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else watch their novel wither away.

~ Michael J. Kannengieser

Your Life Determines Your Journey & Your Journey Determines Your Life

~ Charleston Parker

I can't believe I wrote that many words in a row.

~ Alex Rosa

I have an idea for a new book. It's a novel about a beautiful yet sensitive author whose spirit is crushed by her domineering editor. Do you like it?

~ Annie Barrows

I like to skip prewriting. I love just jumping into the actual writing process. Then I revise/edit and fix what I need to. Then the following steps; proofread and publish. Of course before you just go into writing, it would be a good idea to do some charts of each chapter...what you would want each one to be about and have a character list with their personalities and how they will come into play in your book. I mean, you wouldn't just want to go all crazy and jot down all kinds of random stuff at once...trust me, you'll go crazy. With writing, you take it as it comes, go with your own flow.-Nina Jean Slack

~ Nina Jean Slack

People who make snide comments to authors like anyone can write a book or well, you did it, so obviously I can/it can't be that hard or poke at a book because it's romance or genre fiction and act like that somehow makes it substandard because they don't read it... well, ok, go ahead. Write a bestseller. Don't forget to go through the correct edit process. We'll wait.

~ Michelle M. Pillow

I know who the real hero is, and it isn't me or brave Lanaya. It's an old man with a white beard and a walking stick and a heart so big it won't let him stop thinking he can change the world by writing down things in a book no one will ever read.

~ Rodman Philbrick

The gold of life is for those bold and brave in life.

~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Posture reflects your attitude.

~ Cindy Ann Peterson

To have attracted readers is the most magical part of my writing life. I was not expecting you to show up when I wrote my first books. It took me by surprise. It filled me with gratitude. It still does.

~ Pat Conroy

It's a nice feeling, Knowing, Someone lived easier Because I was alive.

~ Nikki Rowe

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write.I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I hide away in my room to seeJust what stories will come to me.

~ P.b. Mcilrath

Those who perpetrate stories must act cruelly.

~ Johnny Rich

Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you're dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell it, and don't trust anyone who tries to sway you otherwise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A daydreamer is a writer just waiting for pen and paper.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The voices in my head wouldn't shut up, so I let them write their story.

~ Shandy L. Kurth

My temperament and my instinct had told me alike that the author, who writes at his own emergency, remains and needs to remain at his private remove. I wished to be, not effaced, but invisible - actually a profound position. Perspective, the line of vision, the frame of vision - these set a distance.

~ Eudora Welty

As a writer, my job is to change your perspective, and make you think outside the box.

~ Mary Sage Nguyen

If you never try, you will never know what it means to succeed.

~ Belle Ami

These poems are cupsthat I pour my love into.Here, Drink!

~ Kamand Kojouri

Any teachings that fail to recognize Jesus Christ as the author of life, is absolutely antichrist.John 1:1-13.

~ Felix Wantang

Passion + Purpose = Prosperity.

~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

To reach the pinnacle of your writings potential, productivity becomes obsolete.

~ Marston James

�Communication and a clear mutual understanding between two or more people builds the best route to success in any venture. I don’t expect…* immediate action, * instant perfection, * total comprehension* complete implementation, or * flawless execution. I do expect the best communication and honest effort to create the best plans for the best results while being able to stay on the same page as much as possible. If that concept doesn’t work for you, then you won’t be working with me.

~ Loren Weisman

Every story needs some sort of secret that impels it forward. Otherwise why would the reader bother to keep on turning the pages?

~ Deb Loughead

Each day hands me a clean sheet of paper upon which to write. Therefore, I would be wise to write without ever having the need to erase.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

We have the power of the pen to write the next chapter, and the privilege to author the page in whatever fashion we choose. Yet, seldom do we understand the power of the pen and the privilege of the page.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.

~ Don Roff

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

For a novelist, the gaps in a story are as intriguing as material that still exists.

~ Sara Sheridan

What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful. And brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. And the Beatles. And me.

~ Erich Segal

Rewriting is the crucible where books are born.

~ Cathryn Louis

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

~ Chris Everheart

The real novelist, the perfectly simple human being, could go on, indefinitely imaging.

~ Virginia Woolf

The best part about being a writer is getting the last word.

~ Shannon L. Alder