Contemporary Author Quotes

#1. They don't have to choose either/or. They can have their cake and mutilate it too.

Rob Thurman

#2. If the world explore all my dark fantasy, will change for the better.

Alexandar Tomov

#3. Author conveys contemporary respect for Methodist preachers who rode the circuit of frontier settlements to put themselves at risk for the Gospel near the Second Great Awakening. They were dubbed 'God's light artillery'.

Nancy Pearcey

#4. I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.

Mariella Frostrup

#5. Anger does not bring about the righteousness God desires.

Karen Kingsbury

#6. If I could create something that is even minutely close to a small percentile of a genius as Cloud Atlas, I shall deem my life worthy!

K. Hari Kumar

#7. Is a First Lady truly a necessity? Shouldn't each wife of a president have a right to choose to accept the position or not?

Venita Ellick

#8. And this should go without saying. That's why I'm going to say it: Drinking and driving don't mix. Do your drinking early in the morning and get it out of the way. Then go driving while the visibility is still good.

George Carlin

#9. With exotic settings, sensual conflict, and an intriguing hint of Italian history, Katherine Bone's contemporary debut captivated me!"

Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author

Katherine Bone

#10. Jesus was a hiker. The wilderness was His retreat.

Toni Sorenson

#11. Author describes one monarch's impressive table but conveys a contemporary's observation, "the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation".

Peter Heather

#12. When I was a kid I had a friend who worked in a radio station. Whenever we walked under a bridge, you couldn't hear what he said.

Steven Wright

#13. One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of the author.

Anish Kapoor

#14. Conventional wisdom tells us not to dwell in the past. I believe, however, that we should hold hands with it.

Dana Glossbrenner

#15. There's a word for an author who doesn't give up ... published.

J.A. Konrath

#16. Love can give you the most exhilarating wonderful highs at times ...
... Then there will be dives that will take all you have just to hold on ...
Quote on the Title Page of Love TORN Asunder

Elizabeth Funderbirk

#17. I have to tell you hon, I don't mind a little teasing now and then, but I'm no masochist and I'm sure as hell no saint ... here lately, being around you is agony.

Jackson Broussard

#18. A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What would that look like?

Venita Ellick