Quotes About Author

Irony is always the best weapon against facism.

What a waste, using her talents this way. Like a brain surgeon clubbing seals for a living.

Aya, that's the barking strangest thing about battle - that it's real

When you get your author's photo taken, be sure not to touch your face." "Why would I do that?" "It's a mystery, but quite common. You must have seen this one." Oscar struck a brooding pose, his fist beneath his chin. "For the author whose brain is too heavy to stay up on its own.

We writers always get our revenge on paper

Makes perfect sense. In a problematic way. But life is problematic, so novels must be too.

Novelists are evil psychopomps, basically. We treat a few characters as real, but the rest of them are cannon fodder.

My name's Tally Youngblood," she said. "Sorry to disturb you, but this is a special circumstance.

David's never had any surge at all. But I wouldn't use the word ugly—Tally might eat you.

Während Alek zuschaute, begriff er, wie primitiv er das Gerät benutzt hatte, so wie eine Katze, die Klavier spielt.

Your first novel is like your first relationship. You won't really understand the decisions you make until years later." She laughed. "And you'll probably screw up the ending.

Yeah, exactly. But, actually, boards prefer iron. All that glitters is not hovery.

Writing fairies can get grumpy in a new house," Johari said. "Like cats. Mine pissed on the pillows every night for a week after I moved up to New York.

In the words of Jon Sobrino, Romero has become "the most universal Christian at the end of the twentieth century.

wisps. His voice rose higher in his excitement. 'And don't look so sceptical.

the following September I started at the grammar school. This was in a red-brick building of the kind beloved by Victorian optimists. In

Disasters, he proposed, create a community of sufferers that allow individuals to experience an immensely reassuring connection to others

Accel's culture of training and trusting young investors seemed to hold the secret of success.

Casso the son detested the nickname, simmering with rage at anyone who used it, although he allowed a handful of close accomplices to refer to him as "Gas.

Flying women raise important questions about what exactly constitutes the heroic female.

When our name is on a project, our ego pushes us over the hump and drives us to do even better work.

In fact, stories only magnify the need to have something remarkable (and honest) to say.

If you think the solution is more rules and less humanity, I fear you will be disappointed by the results. Organizations that can bring humanity and flexibility to their interactions with other human beings will thrive.

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