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I think characters are going to be, if not a reflection of the author, at least some refraction of some part of their personality.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Author Characters Going Least Part Personality Reflection Some Think I Think

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But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it.

~Diane Johnson

Topics: About Along Always Author Aware Deeper Far General May More Never Novels Pretty She Significance Till

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I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly there, thanks to the critics. It was said that Preston Jones, the author, died of ulcer complications, but the truth was that the critics killed him.

~Diane Ladd

Topics: Author Badly Complications Critics Did Died Fact Him In Fact New New York Said Stage Texas Thanks Trilogy Truth Ulcer Very Wanted Well York

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I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was.

~Dick Bruna

Topics: About Altogether Always Author Bond Books Covers Did Give Had Idea James James Bond Matter Must Shakespeare Sort Who

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An author departs, he does not die.

~Dinah Maria Mulock

Topics: Author Die Does He

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I can say, 'Well, I'm a male. I'm a male human. I'm a medical doctor. I'm an author...' If I go to a religious point of view, I will say, 'I am a soul. I am a spirit.' If I go into science, I will say, 'I am energy. I am light.' But the truth is I have no idea what I am.

~Don Miguel Ruiz

Topics: Am Author Doctor Energy Go Human Idea Light Male Medical No Idea Point Point Of View Religious Say Science Soul Spirit Truth Truth Is View Well Will I Am I Can

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I started 'Storyline' after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a 'New York Times' bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.

~Donald Miller

Topics: Accomplished Accomplishing After Author Become Before Goal Goals Happy High High School Less New New York New York Times School Started Still Storyline Than Times Which York

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Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

~Donald Norman

Topics: Always Author Books Control Design Over Readers Seem Some Think

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My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child - one who sometimes asks me for stories of my childhood but knows nothing of what it means to grow up poor and afraid. I have worked to make sure of that.

~Dorothy Allison

Topics: Afraid Ask Author Born Child Childhood Grow Grow Up Grown He Knows Make Me Means Middle-Class Nothing Novel Past Poor Sometimes Son Stories Sure Up Who Wolf Worked

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You can get a subjective and highly factual dossier on most anyone in the public realm almost instantly. It's why publishers don't worry about author photos any more; people just Google a person and get on with things.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Almost Any Anyone Author Factual Get Google Highly Instantly Just More More People Most People Person Photos Public Publishers Realm Subjective Things Why Worry You

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