Books Quote by Michael Haneke

He tells so many lies that he convinces himself after a while that he's telling the truth. He just doesn't recognize truth or falsehood.

— Robert Kennedy

I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels.

— Bret Easton Ellis

If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why would he…

— Michael Haneke

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

— Harold Ramis

You never meet the writer when you're making a TV movie in America - they're too ashamed to show up and see how their…

— Joe Don Baker

I don't know if a novelist ever fully detaches him- or herself from what they wrote and the way they wrote it. I can…

— Scott Turow

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their…

— Francois Truffaut

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's... I think it's a little jarring.

— Jonathan Levine

...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of concrete documentary…

— Jorge Amado

I won't deny that when you look at a director's work, you are aware of the different works that they have done. For me,…

— Kirti Kulhari

The director's task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of…

— Andrei Tarkovsky