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12 quotes by Bryan Burrough

Bryan Burrough (born 13 August 1961 in Tennessee) is an American author and correspondent for Vanity Fair. He has written five books: Barbarians at the Gate (1990), Vendetta: American Express and the Smearing of Edmond Safra (1992), Dragonfly (1998), Public Enemies (2004) and The Big Rich (2009). Burrough was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in Dallas, Texas between 1983 and 1992. He has written for Vanity Fair since 1992. While a Wall...
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I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.

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Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless you're Dominick Dunne... →

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All the way back in 1999, when I first stumbled upon the idea of a project tracking John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson and all the major... →

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From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.

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I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.

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When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have... →

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I must be the last person online to have been struck with this realization, but it's amazing how the Internet has empowered hundreds of ordinary... →

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I've read the 'Public Enemies' script and, no, it's not 100 percent historically accurate. But it's by far the closest thing to... →

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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... →

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American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.

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You never know what to expect when you're a writer visiting a movie set.

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'Bonnie and Clyde,' while one of the best movies ever made, was far more interested in portraying Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as romantic... →

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