Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens. Malcolm Cowley authordistrustkind Change image and share on social
Authors as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and J. R. R. Tolkien have shaped modern paganism as greatly as any theological underpinnings. Liz Williams authordiversegreatly Change image and share on social
Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to 'gamble' on an unknown. Zig Ziglar authorfindgamble Change image and share on social
Authors can easily produce ebook versions of novels and shorter work which publishers don't own. Michael A. Stackpole authoreasilyebook Change image and share on social
Authors can get an attitude of us-against-them when it comes to publishers, but learning how authors and editors can work together taught me to look at my work in a different way and to make that work as solid as possible before it ever goes to the publisher. Tracie Peterson attitudeauthoreditor share on social
Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books. Jackie Collins affairauthorbook share on social
Authors do this for a living, and if you take their work for nothing, you are depriving them of a living. David Hewson authordeprivelive Change image and share on social
Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach authorcomplaingame Change image and share on social
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them. Anthony Horowitz authorcharactercreation Change image and share on social
Authors I've longed to write like - but realize I actually can't even begin to - include Poe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kafka, Daniil Kharms, Witold Gombrowicz, Emily Dickinson, Robert Walser, Barbara Comyns, Ntozake Shange, Camille Laurens, Zbigniew Herbert, and Jose Saramago. Helen Oyeyemi barbaracamillecomyns share on social
