Directing Quote by Alex Garland

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

It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing…

— Robert B. Weide

I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.

— David Farr

I don't think I write differently when I'm writing a screenplay, as opposed to a stage play or a teleplay. Maybe if I were…

— Aaron Sorkin

I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is…

— Guy Ritchie

For me, writing is a part of directing. It's the first stage of directing.

— Ari Aster

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

— Atom Egoyan

Writing is close to acting. In directing, you control. Acting, you can't control how good you are, and you can't control how good you…

— Elaine May

I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.

— Robert Altman

When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot.

— Adam Rapp

Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.

— Clint Eastwood

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

— Thomas Berger