#authors

"The best writing speaks when the heart whispers."

"Kind words change the world."

"As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself."

"Whatever you do, let it be lovely."

"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

"All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer."

"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."

"Beauty is a heart with wings."

"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

"If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence."

"Books are for nothing but to inspire"

"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy."

"Love is written by the soul."

"Happiness is individualized. Don't box it in. Let it fly."

"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though."

"Quiet people have the loudest minds."

"At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel."

"No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out."

"I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen."