Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Authors

The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time -- a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Nobody sells books like J.K. Rowling. We have a rule in publishing: Never compare anything to 'Harry Potter' because it's like lightning in a bottle.

You know, how much order is good? And when does order become too restrictive? Is a little bit of chaos okay, or is chaos always an evil force? I mean, these are questions that any kid who's ever been in a school cafeteria can relate to.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration.

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

I don't smile as much as I should, even though I smile inside a lot.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.

What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

When a young writer comes up to me with an ambitious idea for a 20-book series, I usually tell him to maybe try something smaller to start off with.

Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything.

Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

I used to sleep on the floor next to the bed, because I believed that I didn't even deserve a bed to sleep in. And then, one morning, a cockroach crawled onto my leg. I looked at it, and suddenly I awoke from a kind of hypnotic trance in which I had been all my life.

In my deepest, darkest moments, what really got me through was a prayer. Sometimes my prayer was 'Help me.' Sometimes a prayer was 'Thank you.' What I've discovered is that intimate connection and communication with my creator will always get me through because I know my support, my help, is just a prayer away.

After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.

Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars.

I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing - that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around.

Even if the flower is no more, still, the fragrance can be.

Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.

The appeal of the paranormal bad boy - or James Bond super-spy, as one example of male escapism - can sometimes make everyday problems seem less dire. Thus, a few hours spent immersed in the world of the wicked yet alluring hero is the equivalent of a mini-vacation.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

The fact that over 50 per cent of the residents of Toronto are not from Canada, that is always a good thing, creatively, and for food especially. That is easily a city's biggest strength, and it is Toronto's unique strength.

Teenage girls read in packs. It's true today, and it was true when I was a teen growing up in a small town in northeast Oklahoma.

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.

The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it?

Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.

Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'

'Dead Witch Walking' is basically a modern-day witch living in Cincinnati.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.