The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.

...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....

I’m contemplating if book sales and promotions can actually be rigged like so many other things in our everyday lives?

Not everyone will like what you write but there's a certain group who'll love what you write. Keep WRITING for them.

A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

One of the greatest tragedies I can think of is for a person to die having never fully questioned the life he was born into.

Keep your heart clearAnd transparent,And you willNever be bound.A single disturbed thoughtCreates ten thousand distractions.

Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.

Demokratie gestattet keine Politik außerhalb des demokratischen Systems. In diesem Sinne ist Demokratie totalitär.

The only way we succeed as a group is not simply following directions, but in keeping each other accountable for our actions.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

'But even I know that in your line of work, there's a difference between being a volunteer and being volun-told.'

The only ship you can truly steer in this ocean is the one you're sailing. Quit trying to alter the winds; harness them.

The best way of writing sex scenes is to do the first draft, orgasm, and then start editing. You can be objective post-orgasm.

The lot of the brideto be wed before beddesired until rotten.The lot of the authorto be read before bedadmired then forgotten.