The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
Jim Rohn
I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, probably, like a songwriter for other people, or a novel writer. I write a lot, and I read a lot. I like reading fiction. Right now, my favorite author is p...
Cassie Steele
[on Deliverance (1972) author/co-star James Dickey]: "He`s the kind of man that, after he has had 4 martinis, makes you want to drop a grenade down his throat."
Burt Reynolds
I`ve never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up. I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you`re the author of your own destiny. Coming to this show is the opposite. - ta...
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
[On the film Sharky`s Machine (1981)]: Author Sidney Sheldon first mentioned William Diehl`s novel Sharky`s Machine to me at a party. Soon afterward Clint Eastwood sent me a copy of the same best-selling book with a note saying: "This is Dirty Harry in At...
Burt Reynolds
All I know is, I don`t do a lot of analysis. I know those words have to move me. I rely on the author. I don`t want actors reasoning with me about "motivation" and all that bull. All I want `em to do is learn the goddamn lines and don`t bump into each oth...
Jason Robards
Bad guys stand out in people`s minds. If you think about De Niro or Pacino, you`re not going to stay Stanley and Iris, you are not going to say Author! Author! Even with Brando, you are going to say The Godfather or Street Car. It is the edgier characters...
Ray Liotta
Bad guys stand out in people`s minds. If you think about De Niro or Pacino, you`re not going to stay Stanley and Iris, you are not going to say Author! Author! Even with Brando, you are going to say The Godfather or Street Car. It is the edgier characters...
Ray Liotta
One of the most painful things of the L.A. Confidential (1997) character I played was that the author, James Ellroy, kept telling me that Bud White wasn`t a drinker. I said, `come on, this is 1953. He`s a blue-collar bloke, a cop. You`re telling me he doe...
Russell Crowe
I think he is the greatest example of all that an author of the cinema should be. I feel a fraternal affinity with his way of telling a story. - on Akira Kurosawa
Federico Fellini
I think in fact that unless there is an organic link between the subjective impressions of the author and his objective representation of reality, he will not achieve even superficial credibility, let alone authenticity and inner truth.
Andrei Tarkovsky
[speaking about Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple", on her efforts to get a part in the film (The Color Purple (1985)) that was made from it] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything." [about Alice Walker, author of "T...
Whoopi Goldberg
[speaking about Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple", on her efforts to get a part in the film (The Color Purple (1985)) that was made from it] I told her I would play a Venetian blind, dirt on the floor, anything." [about Alice Walker, author of "T...
Whoopi Goldberg
Your source material is the people you know, not those you don`t know, but every character is an extension of the author`s own personality.
Edward Albee
Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that doesn`t all of a sudden make us best selling authors.
Allen Neuharth
When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations which they suggest to him.
Luigi Pirandello
What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation.
Allison Hill
We wanted to create an environment where if a game player enjoyed the "writing style" of a particular game designer, he or she could look for the next game by that same author and not be disappointed.
David Crane
We are proud to be partnering with Danielle Steel. She is recognized globally as a tremendously talented and brilliant author. Ms. Steel`s image will be instrumental in creating the vision for the brand. She will be personally involved with Elizabeth Arde...
Austin Knowlin
We are proud to be partnering with Danielle Steel. She is recognized globally as a tremendously talented and brilliant author, ... Ms. Steel`s image will be instrumental in creating the vision for the brand. She will be personally involved with Elizabeth ...
Austin Knowlin
There`s an overwhelming amount of material, ... You have to choose. It`s a creative act, and also subjective, so the author of a biography paints his or her own portrait. And you want to make that an interesting read and well written.
Ann Marie Tallman