Author Banned Books Quotes & Sayings

A man got to have a code." --Omar Little, The Wire — Chris Smith

'The Prince's blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years. The book was placed on the Papal Index of banned books in 1559, and its author was denounced on the Elizabethan stages of London as the 'Evil Machiavel.' The outrage has not dimmed with time. — Michael Ignatieff

Actions have consequences. The consequences of wealth confiscation by the Federal-Reserve mechanism are now upon us. — Anonymous

Ye Noble men of Honor know this ... the voice of love never dies, Hope be its companion that rides upon the rays of the SUN by day and the MOON by night and it says hold on to me as we wait for him to arrive ... that be LOVE. — Tonny K. Brown

He smiled. "Happy anniversary, Samantha Jellicoe. So, Godzilla, or sex?"
Samantha laughed. "How about both?"
"I like that. I get to be Godzilla."
"I guess that makes me Tokyo. — Suzanne Enoch

I'm a paranoid schizophrenic. I am my own entourage! — John Cusack

Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that? — Shandy L. Kurth

Let me here remind you that the essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. This inevitableness of destiny can only be illustrated in terms of human life by incidents which in fact involve unhappiness. For it is by them that the futility of escape can be made evident in the drama. This remorseless inevitableness is what pervades scientific thought. The laws of physics are the decrees of fate. — Alfred North Whitehead

It's hard to forget someone whos given so much to remember. — Tyga

Damn," he said. "Have you been stuffing yourself with desserts just to prolong the suspense?"
She failed to note the humor in his tone. All she gathered from his remark was that he still didn't believe she was pregnant.
"You've found me out at last," she snapped. "I'm merely giving birth to a pastry."
"That's not funny,Becca."
"Neither was your absurd remark. Do you really think I like that my body is going to be disfigured? I hate it, but not as much as I hate you! — Johanna Lindsey

just because you haven't had the opportunity to follow through on what you'd like to do, you're not morally superior to someone who has had that opportunity. — Brant Hansen

Britain is relatively compact and much closer to the borders of the U.S.S.R. than anywhere in North America. — Charles Stross

Since it was announced that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has condemned my works and criticized them harshly. All of my works are now banned from getting into China or being published in China. What author would want to return to a country that banned his or her books? — Gao Xingjian

[Censors] rake through the entrails of many an old good author, with a violation worse than any could be offered to his tomb. — John Milton

What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash. — Lauren Myracle

Any good is good enough. — Bryant McGill

Being an author of banned books is cool, I've decided. — Lauren Myracle

I needed, I needed ... you." "Don't tell me you need me." "But I can't help it. I do — Abbi Glines

I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience gives strength.' — Teresa Of Avila

Not writing the same kind of book over and over again is to me the real pleasure of what I do. — Bill Bryson