Advice Quote by William Monahan

If you sell the film rights to your book, it doesn't mean there will be a film. I have sold the rights to five…

— Matt Haig

If you have sold the film rights to somebody, take your money and leave. If the producers need you, they will call you. But…

— Ravi Subramanian

No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk…

— Jeff Abbott

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

The only advice I can give those who want to sell thei films is to surround yourself with people who are friends and people…

— Dee Rees

Stephen King told me a long time ago, when he gave me some advice about the movies. He said to take the money up…

— John Grisham

I always talk to young writers about when you make art in your room, you make art. And when you send it to New…

— Matthew Quick

Publishing a book is a great thing, and I'm grateful, but it's also a horrible, exposing thing. Once you've published a book, you never…

— Nick Laird

Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot…

— Jay McInerney

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

— Kevin J. Anderson

If you have to become a filmmaker, find a story that takes you away, and tell that story. Don't think about whether it's going…

— Anne Makepeace

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

— Nicholas Sparks