Author Quote by Bernhard Schlink

If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.

— Akira Kurosawa

People sometimes ask who I would cast in my books and I never have any idea. I don't think I could ever write a…

— Jess Walter

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

— Robbie Coltrane

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

We all hope that TV will bring something added to the book - not just an audience - it will bring an interpretation and…

— Gerald Seymour

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

— Yann Martel

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions.…

— Todd Solondz

There are a small list of directors and writers I would work with.

— Brenda Fricker

Novelists get to direct the perfect films. We get to cast every part. We dress the set exactly as we wish.

— Jonathan Lethem

Good actors can do anything, and there'll be amazing writers who are willing to write for everyone.

— Jonathan Bailey

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

— Ben Affleck

I am definitely writing letters to lots of directors in my mind when I'm making a film. I'm chasing Woody Allen and Godard and…

— Mike Mills