"I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Identity, Writer

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"I am not the river I am the net."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Identity, Self, Reflection, Metaphor

"I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Identity, Self, Reflection, Knowledge, Affection

"What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Identity, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

"The sooner you answer the question, "who am I" the more effective and successful life you will have."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Identity, Effectiveness, Success, Purpose

"I hadn't understood at the time. If sinners were so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why.Without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my pastwas my life."

Janet Fitch, American Author

Identity, Pain, Survival, Memory

"You couldn't escape the pointy hat, though. There was nothing magical about a pointy hat except that it said that the woman underneath it was a witch. People paid attention to a pointy hat."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Identity, Truth, Symbol, Wisdom, Power

"Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Identity, Houses, Property

"Fall in love with your uniqueness because that's what makes your presence on earth a very special one."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Identity, Uniqueness, Love, Self, Presence

"Her name badge read: Hello! My name is DIE, DEMIGOD SCUM!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"What was it that marked me as a woman and was I prepared to let it go?"

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Identity, Choice, Self, Change

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"That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain interest from the first sentence to the last. But that is not what I do at all."

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"I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course."

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"American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter."

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"But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that."

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"The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters."

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"I am against the notion of style in itself."

"Puns are a form of humor with words."

"I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels."

"For me, words are just words, nothing else."

"I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course."

"American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter."

"But I do not have the reader in mind when I write. No true writer does that."

"The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters."