Authorship Quotes

“If a man wants to be a writer, he must be a reader.”

“The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.”

“I believe that the writer should be a transparent medium.”

“We published authors, not just books.”

“The digital author is not a solitary genius but a node in a network of collaboration and remix.”

“The cameraman is the author of the film, as far as the picture is concerned.”

“Movies are a director's medium, and they should be.”

“You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.”

“The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader furnishes it.”

“For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.”

“The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.”

“My favorite fantasy character of all time is Silk in The Belgariad.”

“You have to be very fond of people to go to the trouble of putting them in a book.”

“In Pro-fiction, the author is in charge.”

“I shall name myself so that I may be remembered: My name is Marie, and I am from France.”

“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.”

“I don't think you can get away with putting your name on a film if you don't feel that it's yours.”

“I think the translator has to have a certain humility. You’re serving the author, you’re not serving yourself.”

“One man, one film.”

“My job is to serve the text, to serve the author's intention.”