Modern Authors Quotes

#1. Why must ancients, and provided the same talent, be better than modern authors?
Free to exploit the vast realm of the simpleand the natural, they did not have to be artificial in order to be original (which every artist aspires to be).

Franz Grillparzer

#2. I started the movement of SF in America in 1908 through my first magazine, 'MODERN ELECTRICS.' At that time it was an experiment. Science fiction authors were scarce. There were not a dozen worth mentioning in the entire world

Hugo Gernsback

#3. One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.

Conor Oberst

#4. Drownin', in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown.
Stevie Nicks Sara

Stevie Nicks

#5. I always write in pencil, so I can erase.

Elsa Peretti

#6. Children are nothing but a problem people create and then congratulate themselves on solving.

Curtis Sittenfeld

#7. Some people are so beautiful that they belong everywhere they go.

Benjamin Alire Saenz

#8. One of my ambitions has been to go back to what those great authors were doing then ... to bridge that sensibility of old Victorian Gothic tales and reconstruct them in a modern way.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#9. I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?

Wale

#10. I'm not responsible enough to have a dog - or a child.

Boy George

#11. It doesn't do to read too much,' Widmerpool said. 'You get to look at life with a false perspective. By all means have some familiarity with the standard authors. I should never raise any objection to that. But it is no good clogging your mind with a lot of trash from modern novels.

Anthony Powell

#12. With my ninth mind I resurrect my first
and dance slow to the music of my soul made new.

Aberjhani

#13. Authors as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and J. R. R. Tolkien have shaped modern paganism as greatly as any theological underpinnings.

Liz Williams

#14. Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!

Andrew Murray

#15. Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for.

Luc De Clapiers

#16. Life is full of drama, competition, difficulties, and God knows what else. But that shouldn't rule out the love, happiness and joy we feel by being around the things we love and the people who love us.

Zainab T. Khan

#17. Whenever opportunity comes Kohli grabs it with both the hands.

Anushka Sharma