American Writer Quotes

Author	Birth - Death
Goodman Ace	1899 - 1982
Samuel Hopkins Adams	1871 - 1958
Franklin Pierce Adams	1881 - 1960
Mitch Albom	1958 -
Lloyd Alexander	1924 - 2007
Sherman Alexie	1966 -
William R. Alger	1823 - 1905
Lucy Alibar
Dorothy Allison	1949 -
Steve Almond
Stewart Alsop	1914 - 1974
Eric Alterman	1960 -
Dave Anderson	1929 -
Poul Anderson	1926 - 2001
Sherwood Anderson	1876 - 1941
Wes Anderson	1969 -
Kevin J. Anderson	1962 -
Brian Andreas	1956 -
Barbara de Angelis
Roger Angell	1920 -
David Ansen
Charles Anthon	1797 - 1867
Katharine Anthony	1877 - 1965
Minna Antrim
Michael Arlen	1895 - 1956
Michael Arndt
Jay Asher	1975 -
Jean M. Auel	1936 -
Mary Austin	1868 - 1934
George Axelrod	1922 - 2003
John Perry Barlow	1947 -
Greg Bear	1951 -
Ann Beattie	1947 -
Melody Beattie
Warren Bennis	1925 -
Al Bernstein
Steven Jesse Bernstein	1950 - 1991
Mary Frances Berry
Henry Beston	1888 - 1968
William Peter Blatty	1928 -
Robert Bloch	1917 - 1994
Lawrence Block	1938 -
Roy Blount, Jr.	1941 -
W. E. B. Du Bois	1868 - 1963
Randolph Bourne	1886 - 1918
Catherine Drinker Bowen	1897 - 1973
C. J. Box
Kay Boyle	1902 - 1992
Ray Bradbury	1920 -
Marion Zimmer Bradley	1930 - 1999
Dorthea Brande
Dorothea Brande	1893 - 1948
Ann Brashares	1967 -
Richard Brautigan	1935 - 1984
Patricia Briggs	1965 -
Susie Bright	1958 -
Claude M. Bristol
Terry Brooks	1944 -
Rita Mae Brown	1944 -
Charles Farrar Browne	1834 - 1867
Harry Browne	1933 - 2006
Bill Bryson	1951 -
Lois McMaster Bujold	1949 -
Thomas Bulfinch	1796 - 1867
Emma Bull	1954 -
Chris Bunch	1943 - 2005
Todd Burpo
William S. Burroughs	1914 - 1997
Augusten Burroughs	1965 -
Candace Bushnell	1959 -
Octavia Butler	1947 - 2006
Rhonda Byrne	1951 -
Tim Cahill	1944 -
John W. Campbell	1910 - 1971
Orson Scott Card	1951 -
Dale Carnegie	1888 - 1955
Robert Caro	1935 -
Liz Carpenter	1920 -
Neal Cassady	1926 - 1968
Carlos Castaneda	1931 - 1998
Whittaker Chambers	1901 - 1961
Raymond Chandler	1888 - 1959
William Ellery Channing	1780 - 1842
Dan Chaon	1964 -
Stuart Chase	1888 - 1985
David Chase	1945 -
John Cheever	1912 - 1982
Marc Cherry	1962 -
C. J. Cherryh	1942 -
Frank Chodorov	1887 - 1966
Frank Howard Clark	1888 - 1962
Hal Clement	1922 - 2003
Diablo Cody	1978 -
Andrew Cohen	1955 -
Randy Cohen
Lester Cole	1904 - 1985
Jonathan Coleman	1951 -
Pat Conroy	1945 -
Mason Cooley	1927 - 2002
Caroline B. Cooney	1947 -
Richard Corliss
Patricia Cornwell	1956 -
Norman Corwin	1910 -
Stephen Crane	1871 - 1900
Francis Marion Crawford	1854 - 1909
Harry Crosby	1898 - 1929
Sloane Crosley	1978 -
Samuel McChord Crothers	1857 - 1927
John Crowley	1942 -
Ely Culbertson	1891 - 1955
Michael Cunningham	1952 -
Will Cuppy	1884 - 1949
Clive Cussler	1931 -
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Robert A. Dahl	1915 -
Evan Daugherty	1982 -
Dorothy Salisbury Davis	1916 -
Mark Davis
Sylvia Day	1973 -
Jeffery Deaver	1950 -
Frank Deford	1938 -
Junot Diaz	1968 -
Philip K. Dick	1928 - 1982
Anthony Doerr
Stephen R. Donaldson	1947 -
William A. Drake	1899 - 1965
Ann Druyan	1949 -
Diane Duane	1952 -
James Duff
John Gregory Dunne	1932 - 2003
Will Durst
Dave Eggers	1970 -
Barbara Ehrenreich	1941 -
Joseph J. Ellis	1943 -
Harlan Ellison	1934 -
James Ellroy	1948 -
Samuel G. Engel	1904 - 1984
Delia Ephron
Joseph Epstein	1937 -
Louise Erdrich	1954 -
Evan Esar	1899 - 1995
Harry Essex	1910 -
Janet Evanovich	1943 -
Clifton Fadiman	1904 - 1999
Susan Faludi	1959 -
Warren Farrell	1943 -
Bruce Feirstein	1956 -
Rebecca Latimer Felton	1835 - 1930
Marilyn Ferguson
Guy Finley	1949 -
Stanley Fish	1938 -
Elizabeth Fishel
M. F. K. Fisher	1908 - 1992
Zelda Fitzgerald	1900 - 1948
Jonathan Safran Foer	1977 -
John M. Ford	1957 - 2006
Charles Fort	1874 - 1932
Garrett Fort	1900 - 1945
Timothy Thomas Fortune	1856 - 1928
Ben Fountain
Dana Fox	1976 -
Lucinda Franks
Frank Kelly Freas	1922 - 2005
Frank Gaffney	1953 -
Ernest Gaines	1933 -
Maggie Gallagher
Paul Gallico	1897 - 1976
Julie Garwood	1944 -
Larry Gelbart	1928 -
Michael Gerber	1969 -
Katharine Fullerton Gerould	1879 - 1944
David Gerrold	1944 -
Wolcott Gibbs	1902 - 1958
William Gibson	1948 -
Hutton Gibson	1918 -
George Gilder	1939 -
Charlotte Perkins Gilman	1860 - 1935
Tony Gilroy	1956 -
Seth Godin	1960 -
Bernard Goldberg	1945 -
Arthur Golden	1956 -
Olivia Goldsmith	1949 - 2004
Michel Gondry	1963 -
Terry Goodkind	1948 -
Paul Goodman	1911 - 1972
Adam Gopnik
Mary Gordon	1949 -
Caroline Gordon	1895 - 1981
Howard Gordon	1961 -
Annie Gottlieb	1946 -
James Grant
Joseph Greenberg	1915 - 2001
Susan Griffin	1943 -
John Grisham	1955 -
Lewis Grizzard	1946 - 1994
Ursula K. Le Guin	1929 -
James Gunn	1923 -
Moses Hadas	1900 - 1966
Jane Haddam	1951 -
Sarah Josepha Hale	1788 - 1879
Edith Hamilton	1867 - 1963
Laurell K. Hamilton	1963 -
Oscar Hammerstein	1895 - 1960
John Lee Hancock	1956 -
Kristin Hannah	1960 -
Sean Hannity	1961 -
Chad Harbach
Dan Harmon	1973 -
Michael Harrington	1928 - 1989
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison	1934 - 2002
Jim Harrison	1937 -
John Hay	1838 - 1905
Teresa Nielsen Hayden	1956 -
John Michael Hayes	1919 - 2008
Ben Hecht	1894 - 1964
Carolyn Heilbrun	1926 -
Cynthia Heimel
Robert A. Heinlein	1907 - 1988
Amy Hempel	1951 -
O. Henry	1862 - 1910
Frank Herbert	1920 - 1986
Don Herold	1889 - 1966
John Hersey	1914 - 1993
Carl Hiaasen	1953 -
Elin Hilderbrand
Napoleon Hill	1883 - 1970
Chester Himes	1909 - 1984
S. E. Hinton	1948 -
Adam Hochschild	1942 -
Amanda Hocking	1984 -
Erich Hoeber
Eric Hoffer	1902 - 1983
Douglas Hofstadter	1945 -
Marjorie Holmes	1910 -
Oliver Wendell Holmes	1809 - 1894
John Clellon Holmes	1926 - 1988
David Horowitz	1939 -
James D. Houston	1933 -
Robert E. Howard	1906 - 1936
Bette Howland
Elbert Hubbard	1859 - 1915
Kathryn Hulme	1900 - 1981
James Huneker	1857 - 1921
Kristin Hunter	1931 -
William Hurlbut	1883 - 1957
Fannie Hurst	1885 - 1968
Jon Hurwitz	1977 -
Mitchell Hurwitz	1963 -
Andre Dubus III	1936 - 1999
Washington Irving	1783 - 1859
Clifford Irving	1930 -
Walter Isaacson	1952 -
Helen Hunt Jackson	1831 - 1885
Harriet Ann Jacobs	1813 - 1897
John Jakes	1932 -
Henry James	1843 - 1916
Alice James	1848 - 1892
Bill James	1949 -
David Javerbaum
Adam Johnson	1967 -
Rian Johnson	1973 -
Beverly Jones	1927 -
Rufus Jones	1863 - 1948
Howard Mumford Jones	1892 - 1980
David Starr Jordan	1851 - 1931
June Jordan	1936 - 2002
Robert Kagan	1958 -
Roger Kahn	1927 -
Robert Mark Kamen
Justin Kaplan	1925 -
Jan Karon	1937 -
Herbert Kaufman	1878 - 1947
Charlie Kaufman	1958 -
Garrison Keillor	1942 -
Clarence Budington Kelland	1881 - 1964
William Kennedy	1918 -
Sophie Kerr	1880 - 1965
Callie Khouri	1957 -
Sue Monk Kidd	1948 -
Florence King	1936 -
Michael Patrick King	1954 -
Maxine Hong Kingston	1940 -
Robert Kirkman
Morris Kline	1908 - 1992
Jeffrey Kluger	1954 -
Caroline Knapp	1959 - 2002
Alice Koller
Jonathan Kozol	1936 -
Nicholas D. Kristof	1959 -
Thomas Kuhn	1922 - 1996
Richard LaGravenese
William Labov	1927 -
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
Mary Elizabeth Lease	1853 - 1933
Michael Ledeen	1941 -
Stan Lee	1922 -
Ivy Lee	1877 - 1934
Robert N. Lee	1890 - 1964
Ernest Lehman	1915 - 2005
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Charles Godfrey Leland	1824 - 1903
Michael Lesy
Jonathan Lethem	1964 -
David Levithan	1972 -
Joseph Lewis	1889 - 1968
Gerald F. Lieberman
Anne Morrow Lindbergh	1906 - 2001
Damon Lindelof	1973 -
Hal Lindsey	1929 -
Mary Wilson Little
Eric Liu	1968 -
Alan Lomax	1915 - 2002
Jeff Long
Anita Loos	1893 - 1981
D. J. MacHale	1955 -
Janet Malcolm	1934 -
Michelle Malkin	1970 -
Herman J. Mankiewicz	1897 - 1953
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	1909 - 1993
Orison Swett Marden	1850 - 1924
Frances Marion	1888 - 1973
Isaac Marion	1981 -
Brit Marling
Ralph Marston	1955 -
Peter Matthiessen	1927 -
Elsa Maxwell	1883 - 1963
Florida Scott-Maxwell
Julian May	1931 -
Joyce Maynard	1953 -
James McBride	1957 -
Cormac McCarthy	1933 -
Will McDonough	1935 - 2003
Josh McDowell	1939 -
William McFee	1881 - 1966
Terence McKenna	1946 - 2000
Richard McKenna	1913 - 1964
Larry McMurtry	1936 -
John McPhee	1931 -
Peter McWilliams	1949 - 2000
H. L. Mencken	1880 - 1956
Larry Merchant	1931 -
Nicholas Meyer	1945 -
Candice Millard	1968 -
Walter M. Miller, Jr.	1923 - 1996
Joseph Mitchell	1908 - 1996
William Least Heat-Moon	1939 -
Clement Clarke Moore	1779 - 1863
Lorrie Moore	1957 -
Daniel Keys Moran	1962 -
Ted Morgan	1932 -
Erin Morgenstern	1978 -
Willie Morris	1934 - 1999
Greg Mortenson
Ryan Murphy	1965 -
Michael Musto	1955 -
Richard John Neuhaus	1936 -
Dudley Nichols	1895 - 1960
John George Nicolay	1832 - 1901
Paul Nitze	1907 - 2004
Larry Niven	1938 -
Dorothy Nolte	1924 - 2005
Peggy Noonan	1950 -
John Norman	1931 -
Edmund H. North	1911 - 1990
Charles Eliot Norton	1827 - 1908
Andre Norton	1912 - 2005
Don Novello	1943 -
Michael O'Donoghue	1940 - 1994
Madalyn Murray O'Hair	1919 - 1995
John O'Hara	1905 - 1970
Vance Packard	1914 - 1996
Thomas Nelson Page	1853 - 1922
Grace Paley	1922 - 2007
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Robert B. Parker	1932 -
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Harvey Pekar	1939 -
Dave Pelzer	1960 -
Walker Percy	1916 - 1990
S. J. Perelman	1904 - 1979
Irene Peter
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps	1844 - 1911
Jeanne Phillips	1940 -
Marge Piercy	1936 -
John Podhoretz	1961 -
Frederik Pohl	1919 -
Abraham Polonsky	1910 - 1999
Dawn Powell	1896 - 1965
Kevin Powers	1980 -
Ann Powers	1964 -
Hugh Prather	1938 - 2010
Richard Price	1949 -
Francine Prose	1947 -
Thomas Pynchon	1937 -
Carroll Quigley	1910 - 1977
Walter Rauschenbusch	1861 - 1918
Clayton Rawson	1906 - 1971
Charley Reese	1937 -
Richard Reeves
Kathy Reichs	1950 -
Rick Reilly	1958 -
Agnes Repplier	1855 - 1950
W. D. Richter	1945 -
Ransom Riggs
Robert J. Ringer
Alexandra Ripley	1934 - 2004
Kim Stanley Robinson	1952 -
Mo Rocca	1969 -
Harold Rosenberg	1906 - 1978
Melissa Rosenberg	1962 -
Patrick Rothfuss	1973 -
Helen Rowland	1875 - 1950
Mike Royko	1932 - 1997
Ann Rule	1935 -
Joanna Russ	1937 -
Mark Russell	1932 -
Shawn Ryan	1966 -
Edgar Saltus	1855 - 1921
George Saunders	1958 -
Dan Savage	1964 -
Marilyn vos Savant	1946 -
Lorene Scafaria	1978 -
Laura Schlessinger	1947 -
Stanley Schmidt	1944 -
Budd Schulberg	1914 -
Tom Schulman	1950 -
Peter Schuyler	1950 -
Alice Sebold	1963 -
David Sedaris	1956 -
Lisa See	1955 -
Rod Serling	1924 - 1975
Anya Seton	1904 - 1990
Dr. Seuss	1904 - 1991
Tom Shales	1948 -
Stanley Shapiro	1925 - 1990
George A. Sheehan	1918 - 1993
Gail Sheehy	1937 -
Jean Shepherd	1921 - 1999
Nate Silver	1978 -
Clifford D. Simak	1904 - 1988
Michael Sims	1948 -
Marsha Sinetar
Curtis Sittenfeld	1975 -
Jane Smiley	1949 -
Logan P. Smith	1865 - 1946
Martin Cruz Smith	1942 -
Thorne Smith	1892 - 1934
L. Neil Smith	1946 -
Robert Paul Smith	1915 - 1977
Valerie Solanas	1936 - 1988
Todd Solondz	1959 -
Ted Solotaroff	1928 - 2008
Peter Sotos	1960 -
Terry Southern	1924 - 1995
Patricia Meyer Spacks	1929 -
Merrie Spaeth	1948 -
Jean Stafford	1915 - 1979
Joseph Stefano	1922 - 2006
Neal Stephenson	1959 -
Bruce Sterling	1954 -
R. L. Stine	1943 -
Frank Richard Stockton	1834 - 1902
Peter Stone	1930 - 2003
Rex Stout	1886 - 1975
Peter Straub	1943 -
Cheryl Strayed	1968 -
Whitley Strieber	1945 -
William Strunk, Jr.	1869 - 1946
Simeon Strunsky	1879 - 1948
Theodore Sturgeon	1918 - 1985
Preston Sturges	1898 - 1959
Henry Sweet	1845 - 1912
Daniel Taradash	1913 - 2003
Nancy Thayer	1943 -
Michael Tolkin	1950 -
Danielle Trussoni
Liz Tuccillo
Brenda Ueland	1891 - 1985
Leon Uris	1924 - 2003
James Vanderbilt	1975 -
Jeff Vandermeer	1968 -
Carl Van Vechten	1880 - 1964
Vernor Vinge	1944 -
Paul Vixie
Bernard De Voto	1897 - 1955
David Wain	1969 -
Denis Waitley
David Foster Wallace	1962 - 2008
Robert James Waller	1939 -
Jim Wallis	1948 -
Joseph Wambaugh	1937 -
William Arthur Ward	1921 - 1994
Rick Warren	1954 -
Frank Waters	1902 - 1995
Noah Webster	1758 - 1843
Jennifer Weiner	1970 -
Margaret Weis	1948 -
Nathanael West	1903 - 1940
Donald E. Westlake	1933 -
Margaret J. Wheatley
Joss Whedon	1964 -
Edwin Percy Whipple	1819 - 1886
E. B. White	1899 - 1985
Ellen G. White	1827 - 1915
Randy Wayne White	1950 -
Leon Wieseltier	1952 -
Crane Wilbur	1886 - 1973
Ella Wheeler Wilcox	1850 - 1919
Tad Williams	1957 -
Walter Jon Williams	1953 -
Joy Williams	1944 -
Connie Willis	1945 -
Ellen Willis	1941 - 2006
Robert Anton Wilson	1932 -
Michael G. Wilson	1942 -
Justin Winsor	1831 - 1897
Owen Wister	1860 - 1938
Gene Wolfe	1931 -
Claire Wolfe
Tobias Wolff	1945 -
Douglas Wood	1957 -
Daniel Woodrell	1953 -
Elizabeth Wurtzel	1967 -
Philip Wylie	1902 - 1971
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro	1942 -
Francis Parker Yockey	1917 - 1960
Waldemar Young	1878 - 1938
Timothy Zahn	1951 -
Roger Zelazny	1937 - 1995

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