Writing Quote by Adam Rapp

When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot. It's strange: people have asked me…

— Adam Rapp

A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing.

— Adam Rapp

Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer.

— David Hare

When I am directing, it is much, much, much, much, much different. I'm a much more practical person in the world, I show up…

— Adam Rapp

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

— Danny Strong

I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have…

— Catherine O'Hara

I learned that I enjoy directing a lot more than I enjoy writing, which is interesting, because writing is lonely and infamous basically.

— Dan Mazer

Once you're directing, you're kind of in a certain mode, where you're taking whatever is on the page and forming it into the film…

— Gus Van Sant

Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.

— Drew Goddard

I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.

— Irvine Welsh

With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're active, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping…

— David Ayer