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Author Quotes

The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution Picture Quote #1

No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it Picture Quote #1

I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that’s even better than the first, and a third that’s better than the second, and on and on Picture Quote #1

For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place Picture Quote #1

Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author Picture Quote #1

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won’t read women Picture Quote #1

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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation Picture Quote #1

When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth Picture Quote #1

Armchair poverty tourism has been around as long as authors have written about class. As an author, I have struggled myself with the nuances of writing about poverty without reducing any community to a catalog of its difficulties Picture Quote #1

It’s really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I’m every character Picture Quote #1

A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn’t matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it doesn’t sell any papers, it’s not a good column. It’s a terrible yardstick to use, but in the newspaper business, that’s the whole thing Picture Quote #1

As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don’t like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally Picture Quote #1

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Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don’t need to be told what to do Picture Quote #1

Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That’s it, really. You make up characters and give them problem after problem after problem Picture Quote #1

I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on Picture Quote #1

In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you’re describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and you decide to choose a path that puts all that information together, well yeah, there’s definitely going to be a little bit of the author in that. But there’s nothing wrong with that Picture Quote #1

It’s rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one Picture Quote #1

For me, it always comes back to the blogger, the author, the designer, the developer. You build software for that core individual person, and then smart organisations adopt it and dumb organisations die Picture Quote #1

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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn’t know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do Picture Quote #1

I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author Picture Quote #1

Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim Picture Quote #1

Let not the author eat up the man, so that he shall be all balcony and no house Picture Quote #1

The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you Picture Quote #1

The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth Picture Quote #1

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I consider a work of art as a product of calculations, calculations that are frequently unknown to the author himself Picture Quote #1

Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed.... When I can find no other occupation, I think; and when I think, I am very apt to do it in rhyme Picture Quote #1

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don’t know why that is important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author Picture Quote #1

Preparation is not only about managing external risks, but about limiting the likelihood that you’ll unwittingly add to them. When you’re the author of your own fate, you don’t want to write a tragedy. Aside from anything else, the possibility of a sequel is nonexistent Picture Quote #1

Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun Picture Quote #1

Let me not be so vain to think that I’m the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats Picture Quote #1

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The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution (Author Quotes) No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it (Author Quotes) I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that’s even better than the first, and a third that’s better than the second, and on and on (Author Quotes) For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place (Author Quotes) Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author (Author Quotes) It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won’t read women (Author Quotes) The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation (Author Quotes) When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth (Author Quotes) Armchair poverty tourism has been around as long as authors have written about class. As an author, I have struggled myself with the nuances of writing about poverty without reducing any community to a catalog of its difficulties (Author Quotes) It’s really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I’m every character (Author Quotes) A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn’t matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it doesn’t sell any papers, it’s not a good column. It’s a terrible yardstick to use, but in the newspaper business, that’s the whole thing (Author Quotes) As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don’t like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally (Author Quotes) Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don’t need to be told what to do (Author Quotes) Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That’s it, really. You make up characters and give them problem after problem after problem (Author Quotes) I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on (Author Quotes) In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you’re describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and you decide to choose a path that puts all that information together, well yeah, there’s definitely going to be a little bit of the author in that. But there’s nothing wrong with that (Author Quotes) It’s rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one (Author Quotes) For me, it always comes back to the blogger, the author, the designer, the developer. You build software for that core individual person, and then smart organisations adopt it and dumb organisations die (Author Quotes) Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn’t know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do (Author Quotes) I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author (Author Quotes) Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim (Author Quotes) Let not the author eat up the man, so that he shall be all balcony and no house (Author Quotes) The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you (Author Quotes) The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth (Author Quotes) I consider a work of art as a product of calculations, calculations that are frequently unknown to the author himself (Author Quotes) Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed.... When I can find no other occupation, I think; and when I think, I am very apt to do it in rhyme (Author Quotes) People really want to think that these things really happened. I don’t know why that is important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author (Author Quotes) Preparation is not only about managing external risks, but about limiting the likelihood that you’ll unwittingly add to them. When you’re the author of your own fate, you don’t want to write a tragedy. Aside from anything else, the possibility of a sequel is nonexistent (Author Quotes) Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun (Author Quotes) Let me not be so vain to think that I’m the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats (Author Quotes)

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