Lumet's published memoir about his life in film, Making Movies (1996), is "extremely lighthearted and infectious in its enthusiasm for the craft of moviemaking itself," writes Bowles, "and is in marked contrast to the tone and style of most of his films.
Memoari o Lumetovu životu na filmu, Making Movies (1996.), "iznimno su bezbrižni i zarazni u svojem entuzijazmu kad govori o vještini snimanja filmova", piše Bowles, "te su u kontrastu s tonom i stilom većine njegovih filmova.