#rite

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#direct #edit #editors #everyone #expert

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#attacks #being #both #diminish #director

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#either #forgotten #reading #something #soon

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#dust #injuries #marble #write

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#major #prison #who #writers #writing

I feel as if I'm clearly part of a trend among writers who take themselves seriously - and I confess to taking myself as seriously as the next writer. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#clearly #confess #feel #i #i feel

I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#doing #enjoy #i #nonfiction #really

I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#future #good #good idea #i #idea

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#artists #basic #because #fact #gotta

I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it! ↗