Quotes About Author

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the reception since I have come back.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.

I was a woman writing at the early moment when small drops of worried resentment and noble rage were secretly, slowly building into the second wave of the women's movement. I didn't know my small-drop presence or usefulness in this accumulation.

I'm a storyline. I'm the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go insane.

Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I mean, a funny book about cadavers? - and I worried that it would be too unconventional. In the end, that's what has made it a success, I think.

Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tricky for the screenwriters because they're worried about upsetting the author.

I don't know if we have any action going on, so there shouldn't be anybody worried about the rumors if it entails the Milwaukee Bucks. This is our team.

I've never really worried about being called soft or people thinking I'm soft. If anybody wants to step and take that challenge, I'm more than happy - off the court - because I don't want to get suspended.

I think I'm a bit more of a rule-breaker than my mom. She's very sweet and very worried. She was valedictorian. I think I got a little bit of an edgier side from my dad.

I wasn't very worried about the Cold War; I was busy being a musician.

I know the English fans will treat players as they deserve, and I'm not worried about that in the slightest.

I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!'

Part of me worries about upsetting people, because we all have perceptions about Olympic champions.

With music, I'm transported to a place that radiates positive frequencies and immediately eases my worries.

China-led globalization in some ways worries me because they are not concerned about human rights, labor rights. They probably aren't even really concerned about competitive marketplaces. So in some ways, they're like Mr. Trump.

I try not to worry about nothing I can't control. I can't control rumors.

I'm not going to worry about the critics until some of my peers start saying I'm a softie.

Really, I've been at the BBC too long and have spent too much time out on the road to worry about being judged as a clothes horse.

I think that I'm busy in the present, and I don't want to go back. Well, there's been an unauthorized biography, and you can't stop them. It didn't worry me.

Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not.