Quotes by Authorship I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship. Adam Rapp working-it authorship thinking From the moment one sets up for an author, one must be treated as ceremoniously, that is as unfaithfully, "as a king's favorite or a king. Alexander Pope authorship moments kings If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts you agree with Ayn Rand authorship credit giving Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism. Benjamin Disraeli authorship criticism men There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence. Charles Caleb Colton authorship influence dull That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it. Charles Caleb Colton command authorship doe Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point. Douglas William Jerrold authorship advice men No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton authorship nature character I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse. Egerton Brydges authorship genius writing A writer who attempts to live on the manufacture of his imagination is continually coquetting with starvation. Edwin Percy Whipple starvation authorship imagination The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged. Edwin Percy Whipple authorship familiar mouths But, inevitably, as he [Kierkegaard] approaches what we might call his Christocentric climax many readers drop off. Many scholars just leave that part of his authorship alone. George Pattison scholar authorship might We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship. George Wald authorship atheism editing Whatever hath been written shall remain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow pondering authorship thee Let it (what you have written) be kept back until the ninth year. Horace authorship written years Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. Horace authorship ability writing Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. Horace authorship care writing He who proposes to be an author should first be a student. John Dryden authorship students firsts All authors to their own defects are blind. John Dryden defects authorship blind Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby chiefs authorship writing 12»