Famous quotes by Authors

"All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool"

Steven Brust, Author

"I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer"

David Guterson, Author

"As social media is less about technology and more about relationship building, we are starting to see more women have a heavy influence if not dominant role in the social media space. It's no wonder that Facebook is being run in part by Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg"

Erik Qualman, Author

"No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style"

Steven Brust, Author

"Always speak politely to an enraged dragon"

Steven Brust, Author

"Miscellaneous is always the largest category"

Joel Rosenberg, Author

"Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it"

Ellis Peters, Author

"I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race"

Thomas Love Peacock, Author

"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world"

Michael Crichton, Author

"You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else"

Michael Ondaatje, Author

"The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time, but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town"

Michael Ondaatje, Author

"They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something"

Michael Crichton, Author

"In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought"

Michael Crichton, Author

"Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions"

Adam Osborne, Author

"If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached"

Judith Martin, Author

"We are born charming, fresh, and spontaneous, and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society"

Judith Martin, Author

"We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from"

Penelope Lively, Author

"Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs"

David Guterson, Author

"Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together"

David Guterson, Author

"Everybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is"

David Guterson, Author

"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine"

Brian Tracy, Author

"Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new"

Brian Tracy, Author

"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going"

Brian Tracy, Author

"If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings"

Brian Tracy, Author

"The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire"

Brian Tracy, Author

"The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance"

Brian Tracy, Author

"I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders"

Vincent Bugliosi, Author

"Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case"

Vincent Bugliosi, Author

"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order: the continuous thread of revelation"

Eudora Welty, Author

"To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation"

Emily Post, Author

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