Quotes About Author

I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture.

My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawford's wire hangers look like pool noodles.

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.

To Odin many a soul was driven, to Odin many a rich gift given.

Charlie Dad, how can you hate The Colonel Stuart Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass

S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

It's always more intriguing to imagine what's happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

The end came as dusk fell on a gloomy winter day of cold rain.

Writers are not psychotherapists. Their job is to give readers stress, strain, and pressure.

In fiction that has a higher aim, the credibility of every important action in the story is at risk unless the writer is confident that the motivation or ability of the character makes the action credible.

The main flaw in most love scenes is similar to that of the main flaws in all other scenes: the reader's emotions have been insufficiently considered by the writer. The primary erogenous zone is in the head, and that's where the reader experiences writing.

Learning about our history and diving deep in Enslaved, opened my eyes to a new way of thinking. Playing my character really inspired me – he was an author who had a role in the abolition of slavery and even signed the document.

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The flesh of the coon is palatable, but verily there is nothing in all butcherdom so delicious as a roasted 'possum.

Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.

I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.

I am Gabriel, the messenger, the teller of astonishing truths.

You're thinking I'm a hopelessly romantic idiot. And you know what? You're right.

Grace says, "Are you thirsty? I could go get the hose..." I say, "Thanks. But I'd rather have a swig of some Miracle-Gro.

I love that sign," I say. "I love you," Robin says. I feel my cheeks turn the color of the sky. "I love you, too," I say.

I like all of the mental, psychological thriller movies too. I enjoy horror movies across the board.

In my opinion, a superior mind counts for nothing unless accompanied by a superior heart.

Freddy Mercury's reflections about supersonic women are making me glad that I've never met one: they sound like a bit of a handful - not very easy-going.