Author

Author

An author is broadly defined as "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.

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Famous quotes containing the word author:

    “I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “The world is forever babbling of originality; but there never yet was an original man, in the sense intended by the world; the first man himself—who according to the Rabbins was also the first author—not being an original; the only original author being God.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)