Author proverbs

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◆ Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

- Kate DiCamillo98

◆ When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.

- Idries Shah98

◆ Give a poet a pen

- A. Jarrell Hayes98

◆ If you hear voices, you're a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you're an author.

- Dani Harper98

◆ Humanity was a passing notion to him; something he liked to try on for size and model in the dressing room, but never actually felt compelled to buy.

- Jane Bled98

◆ I'm the first to admit that I don't write right. Now, relax and enjoy the show! The sideshow, that is.

- Lori R. Lopez98

◆ Trying to live up to yourself is the most trying thing.

- Ren Garcia98

◆ I believe that everyone should have a dream and believe in it. Make it real, bring it to life. You'll never regret trying. Trying is what strengthens your heart and delivers courage. Once you believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

- Clover Donovan98

◆ Yeah, I write Urban Fantasy, but its more like Die Hard or Indiana Jones with Fairies, Mummies and a Vampire who uses guns more than his teeth.

- Kevin James Breaux98

◆ The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.

- Washington Irving98

◆ The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

- Henry Adams98

◆ Ending a series is a difficult one .......where should a story that you have followed for so long end? When do you step away from the characters and let the readers decide their fate from there? When they can stand on their own is my only answer for that.

- Shandy L. Kurth98

◆ I write books, bitch!

- Junnita Jackson98

◆ Be good, or good at it.

- Belo Miguel Cipriani98

◆ Sometimes writing everyday is like pulling teeth, painful, but necessary.

- Wendy Swore98