Book Quote by Mordecai Richler

I, alone, could never have produced this book. I say this mainly in case there are lawsuits.

— Dave Barry

Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tricky for the screenwriters because…

— Zoe Foster Blake

I suppose also that watching marketing and publicity stuff play out from behind the scenes, making those plans and seeing each piece fall into…

— Danielle Dutton

“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you…

— John Sayles

Let's look at what the books are that are being produced. More and more they are being made like movies. To sell. They are…

— Frederick Busch

Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.

— Sylvia Day

“No shame in having a ghostwriter," Storm said. "Some of the best books published every year are penned by talented writers whose identity the…

— Richard Castle

As a storyteller, you also don't want to make people feel like they're left out, like other people who have read the book have…

— Damon Lindelof

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

I have friends who are writers who have had movies made of their books, and they are almost uniformly horrified about what's been done…

— Diana Gabaldon

Writers are so used to books being optioned and then the movie never happens.

— David Mitchell