Artist Quote by Bill Plympton

I find movies rely upon dialogue too much sometimes, and you lose the power of what really the most basic cinematic language is, which…

— Todd Haynes

Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I…

— Joel Edgerton

That sort of detailed filmmaking is one, hard to do and not have it be pretentious, and two, have it tell the story, which…

— Nicole Kidman

I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in…

— Kenneth Lonergan

For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book.

— Vilmos Zsigmond

For me, I'm not a great wordsmith, and so maybe from lack of great dialogue writing, I thought it's easier and better to express…

— Genndy Tartakovsky

When you decide you want to make a film, you start listening to everything that anyone has to say about filmmaking and reading everything,…

— Tom Ford

I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.

— Jessica Hagedorn

I think each film I do has less and less dialogue. It really helps a lot for foreign sales, because when I go to…

— Bill Plympton

Every day, we communicate more with our energy, body language, face and eyes. That really is what communication is, and not so much words.…

— Dakota Fanning

One's ability to communicate a story visually, honestly, is a bridge of communication that transcends language because the true mark of a good film…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up seeing something…

— Lynne Ramsay