Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate.

- John Green

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.

- Malcolm Cowley

The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.

- Mike Greenberg

I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.

- Mal Peet

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.

- Maxim Gorky

I want people to be the authors of their own life story.

- Michael Gove

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

- Kevin McCloud

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.

- Kazuo Ishiguro

It's that drama that drives authors, you know.

- Julie Kenner

There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors.

- Jess Walter

Like most authors, I also love to read.

- Aprilynne Pike

Authors should be honored only for their works.

- John Updike

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

- Jeanne Calment

One of my favorite authors, Garbrielle Zevin, she did a book called 'Elsewhere,' that is one of my favorites, and I think they're making that into a movie too. I really want to be in that one just because the story is so beautiful.

- Isabelle Fuhrman

I have so many favorite authors; I can't name just one.

- Gena Showalter

Dickens is one of those authors who are well worth stealing.

- George Orwell

All great authors are seers.

- George Henry Lewes

God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.

- Edwin Louis Cole

Authors do this for a living, and if you take their work for nothing, you are depriving them of a living.

- David Hewson

I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors.

- Bruce Forsyth