Quotes about Authorship

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I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo — Roman Payne
No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject. — Arthur Schopenhauer, The Art of Literature
The calling of an author is more than just to entertain, but also to share ones experiences with the world. — M.J. Stoddard
The Author To Her BookThou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain,Who after birth did'st by my side remain,Till snatcht — Anne Bradstreet, The Works of Anne Bradstreet
The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long befo — Aberjhani, The American Poet Who Went Home Again
When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step ba — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been th — William Goldman, Adventures in the Screen Trade
When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tos — Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their inadequacy th — Tanith Lee, The Book of the Damned
Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
All is a-swarm with commentaries: of authors there is a dearth. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this — Ngaio Marsh, Ngaio Marsh: A Life
Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you n — Cormac McCarthy
He showed, in a few words, that it is not sufficient to throw together a few incidents that are to be met with in every — Voltaire, Candide
A book can never be anything more than the impress of its author's thoughts; and the value of these will lie either in t — Arthur Schopenhauer, The Art of Literature
Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better than — Ngaio Marsh, Death on the Air and Other Stories
If there's a will, there's a way!I feel larger than LIFE--and look up to the stars who shine down on me and have become — Donna Scrima-Black
[Y]ou cannot mention everything in its proper place, you must choose, between the things not worth mentioning and those — Samuel Beckett, Molloy
A writer may not know the way at first; but if he endeavors to complete his task, he carves a path with his story, a kno — Susan J. McIntire