Cinematographer Quote by Walter Kirn

I was comparatively late in understanding Bob Dylan's overwhelming importance as a songwriter. Everybody who does my job exists in the shadow of Bob…

— Steve Earle

“Every writer dips his brush into his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

“A writer is never alone, he is always with himself”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

With Quentin Tarantino, he makes movies imagining himself as the audience. To be specific and true to what he wants resonates to people who…

— Paul Rust

It's a bit unusual that I'm the novelist and the actor who is reading out his own material.

— Pankaj Kapur

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

— Jack Nicholson

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

— Stanley Kubrick

George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way…

— Gary Wright

A writer turns his life into material, and if you’re in his life, he uses yours, too.

— Walter Kirn

I think everyone mentions Bob Dylan, but he's someone I just admire so much as a songwriter. I think people write songs, and then…

— Tom Odell

For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft.…

— Jeff Greenfield