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Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

~Charles Churchill

Topics: Authors Damn Envy Led Never Read Resentment Those Though Whim Whom

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It feels wonderful to get praise from other authors who I admire, but with each new book, my confidence is always the thing I struggle with the most until I start getting positive feedback from readers.

~Chevy Stevens

Topics: Admire Always Authors Book Confidence Each Feedback Feels Get Getting Most New New Book Other Positive Positive Feedback Praise Readers Start Struggle Thing Until Who Wonderful

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I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak being another.

~Chris Meledandri

Topics: Another Authors Being Childhood Different Dr Grew Having Influence Three Up

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There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines and newspapers, teaching writing, editing books, representing authors.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Authors Becoming Books Commitment Editing Involve Magazines Most Newspapers Paths Plenty Reliable Representing Teaching Think Total Writer Writing I Think

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Authors of books are not given very much control over the films that are made from their books.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Authors Books Control Films Given Made Much Over Very

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I've heard stories about authors filled with this kind of Lotto-winner hubris. I'm a Dutch boy from the Midwest. We don't have hubris.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: About Authors Boy Dutch Filled Heard Hubris Kind Midwest Stories

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Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Always Authors Characters Death Heartbreaking Kind Meeting

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I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars.

~Claire Scovell Lazebnik

Topics: Authors Books Famous Grow Grow Up Kid Lot Meaningful More Movie Movie Stars Novelist Read Stars Than Then Tv Up Who Write You

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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

~Cole Porter

Topics: Anything Authors Better Goes Good Knew Now Once Only Prose Too Use Who Words Writing

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A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'

~Conan O'Brien

Topics: Authors Better Just Men Post Say Says Skills Study Than Verbal Want Washington Washington Post Women

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