All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet - it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. - Joss Whedon

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. - Leonardo da Vinci

A cliffhanger is when… - Buffy Andrews

Every book, ever volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and lived it and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I think new authors are too worried that it has all been said before. Sure it has, but not by you. - Asha Dornfest

Books have a publishing standard, and every indie author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded. - Eeva Lancaster

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. - Oscar Wilde

I had to come to terms with the fact that writing about something was not the moral equivalent of doing it. I would not commit adultery, but I wanted to write a whole book about an affair. I know it sounds simpleminded, but I actually had to have a conversation with myself about this in the beginning, convincing myself that it was alright to depict this affair. - Jonellen Heckler

Writing a book is like telling a joke and having to wait two years to know whether or not it was funny - Alain de Botton