American Author Quotes

Author	Birth - Death
Edward Abbey	1927 - 1989
Lynn Abbey	1948 -
Lyman Abbott	1835 - 1922
Jack Henry Abbott	1944 - 2002
Megan Abbott
Conrad Aiken	1889 - 1973
Scott Alexander
Horatio Alger	1832 - 1899
James Lane Allen	1849 - 1925
Hervey Allen	1889 - 1949
Will Allison	1968 -
Chris Van Allsburg	1949 -
Virginia C. Andrews	1923 - 1986
Kenneth Anger	1930 -
Robert Asprin	1946 -
Norman Ralph Augustine	1935 -
Paul Auster	1947 -
James A. Baldwin	1924 - 1987
Toni Cade Bambara	1939 - 1995
John Kendrick Bangs	1862 - 1922
Russell Banks	1940 -
Neal Barnard
Natalie Clifford Barney	1876 - 1972
Bruce Barton	1886 - 1967
Katharine Lee Bates	1859 - 1929
L. Frank Baum	1856 - 1919
Peter S. Beagle	1939 -
James Beard	1903 - 1985
Martha Beck	1962 -
Ted Bell
Rob Bell	1970 -
Edward Bellamy	1850 - 1898
Peter Benchley	1940 - 2006
John Berendt	1939 -
Alex Berenson	1973 -
Michael Bergdahl	1954 -
Steve Berry	1955 -
Mark Bittman
Mary Kay Blakely
James Blish	1921 - 1975
William Blum	1933 -
Judy Blume	1938 -
Tom Bodett	1955 -
Louis E. Boone	1941 -
Hal Borland	1900 - 1978
Anthony Bourdain	1956 -
Christian Nestell Bovee	1820 - 1904
Leigh Brackett	1915 - 1978
Stewart Brand	1938 -
T. Berry Brazelton	1918 -
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Chris A. Bridges	1965 -
David Brin	1950 -
Poppy Z. Brite	1967 -
David Brock	1962 -
Fawn M. Brodie	1915 - 1981
Harold Brodkey	1930 - 1996
Arthur C. Brooks	1964 -
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Dan Brown	1964 -
Sandra Brown	1948 -
Tammy Bruce	1962 -
Steven Brust	1955 -
Vincent Bugliosi	1934 -
Charles Bukowski	1920 - 1994
Gelett Burgess	1866 - 1951
James Lee Burke
James MacGregor Burns	1918 -
John Burroughs	1837 - 1921
Edgar Rice Burroughs	1875 - 1950
Leo Buscaglia	1924 - 1998
John Byrne	1950 -
Meg Cabot	1967 -
Taylor Caldwell	1900 - 1985
Julia Cameron	1948 -
L. Sprague de Camp	1907 - 2000
Joseph Campbell	1904 - 1987
Philip Caputo	1941 -
Eric Carle	1929 -
Richard Carlson	1912 - 1977
Howie Carr	1952 -
Robyn Carr
Jonathan Carroll	1949 -
Willa Cather	1873 - 1947
Michael Chabon	1963 -
Jack L. Chalker	1944 - 2005
Gary Chapman	1938 -
Linda Chavez	1947 -
Ron Chernow	1949 -
Mary Boykin Chesnut	1823 - 1886
Lincoln Child	1957 -
Kate Chopin	1850 - 1904
Sandra Cisneros	1954 -
Cassandra Clare	1973 -
Mary Higgins Clark	1927 -
John Henrik Clarke	1915 - 1998
Beverly Cleary	1916 -
Brian P. Cleary	1959 -
Daniel Clowes	1961 -
Harlan Coben	1962 -
Edwin Louis Cole	1922 - 2002
Alex Comfort	1920 - 2000
Michael Connelly	1956 -
Robert Coover	1932 -
Robert Cormier	1925 - 2000
Jerome Corsi	1946 -
Norman Cousins	1915 - 1990
Robert Crais	1953 -
Michael Crichton	1942 -
Herbert Croly	1869 - 1930
Justin Cronin	1962 -
Melissa de la Cruz	1971 -
George William Curtis	1824 - 1892
Jessica Cutler	1978 -
John Cotton Dana	1856 - 1929
Paula Danziger	1944 - 2004
Rebecca Harding Davis	1831 - 1910
Clarence Day	1874 - 1935
Nelson DeMille	1943 -
Barbara Deming	1917 - 1984
Patrick Dennis	1921 - 1976
Kate DiCamillo	1964 -
Jared Diamond	1937 -
Joan Didion	1934 -
Annie Dillard	1945 -
Thomas M. Disch	1940 - 2008
E. L. Doctorow	1931 -
Carl Van Doren	1885 - 1950
Frederick Douglass	1817 - 1895
Ree Drummond	1969 -
Ariel Durant	1898 - 1981
Gregg Easterbrook
Max Eastman	1883 - 1969
Charles Alexander Eastman	1858 - 1939
David Eddings	1931 -
Sherwood Eddy	1871 - 1963
George Alec Effinger	1947 - 2002
Bret Easton Ellis	1964 -
Ralph Ellison	1914 - 1994
Nora Ephron	1941 - 2012
Cliff Fadiman
William Feather	1889 - 1981
Raymond E. Feist	1945 -
Tim Ferriss	1977 -
Jack Finney	1911 - 1995
Dorothy Canfield Fisher	1879 - 1958
F. Scott Fitzgerald	1896 - 1940
Robert Fitzgerald	1910 - 1985
Fannie Flagg	1941 -
Gillian Flynn
Vince Flynn	1966 -
Shelby Foote	1916 - 2005
Esther Forbes	1891 - 1967
Richard Ford	1944 -
Alan Dean Foster	1946 -
Emmet Fox	1886 - 1951
Thomas Frank	1965 -
Dorothea Benton Frank	1951 -
Marilyn French	1929 - 2009
Kathy Freston
Nancy Friday	1933 -
Robert Fulghum	1937 -
Diana Gabaldon	1952 -
Lisa Gardner
Ina Garten	1948 -
Elizabeth George	1949 -
Emily Giffin	1972 -
Jerry Gillies
Arnold H. Glasow	1905 - 1998
Herbert Gold	1924 -
Natalie Goldberg	1948 -
Daniel Goleman	1946 -
Jeff Goodell
Edward Gorey	1925 - 2000
Richard Grant	1952 -
John Gray
Anna Katharine Green	1846 - 1935
John Green	1977 -
William Greider
Zane Grey	1872 - 1939
Gerald Griffin	1803 - 1840
Andrew Gross	1952 -
David Guterson	1956 -
Margaret Haddix	1964 -
James Norman Hall	1887 - 1951
Justin Halpern	1980 -
Margaret Halsey	1910 - 1997
Virginia Hamilton	1936 - 2002
Dashiell Hammett	1894 - 1961
Thomas Harris	1940 -
Charlaine Harris	1951 -
Harry Harrison	1925 -
Bret Harte	1836 - 1902
Katharine Butler Hathaway	1890 - 1942
Louise L. Hay
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun	1926 - 2003
Oliver Herford	1863 - 1935
Will Hermes	1960 -
Napolean Hill	1883 - 1970
Laura Hillenbrand	1967 -
Tony Hillerman	1925 -
Christopher Hitchens	1949 -
Edward Hoagland	1932 -
Benjamin Hoff	1946 -
Alice Hoffman	1952 -
Paul Horgan	1903 - 1995
Jean Houston	1937 -
Vernon Howard	1918 - 1992
William Dean Howells	1837 - 1920
L. Ron Hubbard	1911 - 1986
Evan Hunter	1926 - 2005
Christopher Isherwood	1904 - 1986
J. A. Jance	1944 -
Elizabeth Janeway	1913 - 2005
Derrick Jensen	1960 -
Sarah Orne Jewett	1849 - 1909
Iris Johansen	1938 -
Tayari Jones	1970 -
William Joyce	1906 - 1946
H. Stanley Judd
Heidi Julavits	1968 -
Sebastian Junger	1962 -
Sam Keen
Sam Keith
Helen Keller	1880 - 1968
Rose Kennedy	1890 - 1995
Ken Kesey	1935 - 2001
Francis Scott Key	1779 - 1843
Tracy Kidder	1945 -
Robert Kiyosaki	1947 -
Edward Klein	1937 -
Grenville Kleiser	1868 - 1953
Fletcher Knebel	1911 - 1993
Deborah Copaken Kogan	1966 -
E. L. Konigsburg	1930 -
Dean Koontz	1945 -
Michael Koryta	1982 -
Elizabeth Kostova	1964 -
Jonathan Krohn	1995 -
Louis L'Amour	1908 - 1988
Mercedes Lackey	1950 -
Jhumpa Lahiri	1967 -
Wally Lamb
Anne Lamott	1954 -
Jeremy Larner	1937 -
Erik Larson	1954 -
Sandra Lee	1966 -
Dennis Lehane	1965 -
Jonah Lehrer	1981 -
Donna Leon	1942 -
Sam Levenson	1911 - 1980
Mark Levin	1957 -
David Limbaugh	1952 -
Laura Lippman	1959 -
Haniel Long	1888 - 1956
Alice Roosevelt Longworth	1884 - 1980
Barry Lopez	1945 -
Walter Lord	1917 - 2002
Edward Luck	1948 -
Carolyn Mackler	1973 -
Norman Maclean	1902 - 1990
Debbie Macomber	1948 -
Michael Malone
Albert Maltz	1908 - 1985
Michael Mandelbaum
Og Mandino	1923 - 1996
Greil Marcus	1945 -
Karl Marlantes	1944 -
Judith Martin	1938 -
George R. R. Martin	1948 -
Harry Mathews	1930 -
Anne McCaffrey	1926 -
Mary McCarthy	1912 - 1989
Robert McCloskey	1914 - 2003
Steve McConnell
Bryant McGill	1969 -
Phyllis McGinley	1905 - 1978
Terry McMillan	1951 -
Thomas Merton	1915 - 1968
Joyce Meyer	1943 -
Stephenie Meyer	1973 -
Ben Mezrich	1969 -
Edna St. Vincent Millay	1892 - 1950
Henry Miller	1891 - 1980
Keith Miller	1927 -
Dan Millman	1946 -
Denene Millner
Alfred A. Montapert
Elizabeth Moon	1945 -
Judith Moore	1940 - 2006
Christopher Morley	1890 - 1957
Dick Morris	1948 -
Lauren Myracle	1969 -
Ted Nelson	1937 -
Kent Nerburn
Anais Nin	1903 - 1977
Diana Nyad	1949 -
Flannery O'Connor	1925 - 1964
Suze Orman	1951 -
Marc Ostrofsky	1961 -
Camille Paglia	1947 -
Bristol Palin	1990 -
Gail Parent	1940 -
Sara Paretsky	1947 -
Francine Pascal	1938 -
Ann Patchett	1963 -
James Patterson	1947 -
Donn Pearce	1928 -
Ridley Pearson	1953 -
Julia Phillips	1944 - 2002
Jodi Picoult	1966 -
Daniel Pipes	1949 -
Emily Post	1872 - 1960
Chaim Potok	1929 - 2002
Douglas Preston	1956 -
Kyle D. Pruett
Erik Qualman	1972 -
Eric S. Raymond	1957 -
Myrtle Reed	1874 - 1911
Harold Robbins	1916 - 1997
Tom Robbins	1936 -
Tony Robbins	1960 -
Nora Roberts	1950 -
Jane Roberts	1929 - 1984
James Rollins	1961 -
Joel Rosenberg	1954 -
Veronica Roth	1988 -
Constance Rourke	1885 - 1941
Fred Saberhagen	1930 -
William Safire	1929 - 2009
R. A. Salvatore	1959 -
Steven Saylor	1956 -
Anne Wilson Schaef
Edith Schaeffer	1914 -
Richard Schickel	1933 -
Lisa Scottoline	1955 -
Robert Shea	1909 - 1994
Robert Sheckley	1928 - 2005
Sara Shepard	1977 -
David K. Shipler	1942 -
John Shirley	1953 -
Craig Shirley
Dan Simmons	1948 -
David Simon	1960 -
Upton Sinclair	1878 - 1968
John Sladek	1937 - 2000
Tavis Smiley	1964 -
Seth Grahame-Smith	1976 -
Christina Hoff Sommers	1950 -
Susan Sontag	1933 - 2004
Sister Souljah	1964 -
Nicholas Sparks	1965 -
Mickey Spillane	1918 - 2006
Norman Spinrad	1940 -
Dana Spiotta
Gertrude Stein	1874 - 1946
John Steinbeck	1902 - 1968
Maggie Stiefvater	1981 -
Clifford Stoll
Harriet Beecher Stowe	1811 - 1896
Jacqueline Susann	1918 - 1974
Gay Talese	1932 -
Laini Taylor	1971 -
Sara Teasdale	1884 - 1933
Sheri S. Tepper	1929 -
Kay Thompson	1909 - 1998
Henry David Thoreau	1817 - 1862
Alvin Toffler	1928 -
Jean Toomer	1894 - 1967
Brian Tracy
William Trogdon	1939 -
Mark Twain	1835 - 1910
Andrew Vachss	1942 -
Jack Vance	1916 -
Amy Vanderbilt	1908 - 1974
Joan D. Vinge	1948 -
Judith Viorst	1932 -
Kurt Vonnegut	1922 - 2007
Sarah Vowell	1969 -
Amy Waldman	1969 -
Alice Walker	1944 -
Irving Wallace	1916 - 1990
Neale Donald Walsch	1943 -
David Weber	1952 -
Carolyn Wells	1862 - 1942
Eudora Welty	1909 - 2001
Jessamyn West	1902 - 1984
Edith Wharton	1862 - 1937
Laura Ingalls Wilder	1867 - 1957
Terry Tempest Williams	1955 -
Marianne Williamson	1952 -
Kevin Williamson	1965 -
Nathaniel Parker Willis	1806 - 1867
Gary Wills	1934 -
Daniel H. Wilson	1978 -
Don Winslow	1953 -
Kathleen Winsor	1919 - 2003
John Sergeant Wise	1846 - 1913
Naomi Wolf	1962 -
Lawrence Wright	1947 -
Frank Yerby	1916 - 1991
Daniel Yergin	1947 -
Vash Young
Marguerite Young	1908 - 1995
Sarah Zettel	1966 -
Cecily von Ziegesar	1970 -
Zig Ziglar	1926 -

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