About Quote by Bryan Burrough

I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I…

— Jackie Collins

Selling one's book to Hollywood is rather like selling someone your house. After it's sold, it isn't yours anymore. They can paint it a…

— Rick Riordan

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture…

— Michael Connelly

I think that magazines like Vanity Fair are still operating under the old rules, and that if you come to work for a magazine…

— Toby Young

There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the…

— Bryan Burrough

As an author, you can't expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that's what you hope for, you shouldn't sell…

— Bernhard Schlink

Hollywood would much prefer the author be dead, so that they can buy the book and do what they want to do with it.

— Michael Lewis

I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine…

— Jabari Asim

Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name.

— Gerard Way

Vanity Fair has but two major articles in its editorial creed: first, to believe in the progress and promise of American life, and, second,…

— Frank Crowninshield

Only men of considerable vanity write books; consistently therewith, I worried lest the world were exchanging an irreplaceable author for a more easily purchased…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

I haven't thought about writing so much as potentially producing and finding my own projects to get into production. I want to be able…

— Mandy Moore