A cookbook is not like being an author. It's writing down recipes; it's not writing.
Grant Achatz
My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.
Lloyd Alexander
What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.
Brendan Behan
Who learns most from a good book is the author.
Jose Bergamin
When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.
Pearl Cleage
My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done... →
Harlan Coben
I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.
Nicola Cornick
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.
Bryce Courtenay
'The Author' is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.
Tim Crouch
Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author.
Jonathan Dee