Burning Quote by Billy Bob Thornton

And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always…

— David Benioff

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

— Richard LaGravenese

I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

— Lena Waithe

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

— Cameron Crowe

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I prefer to be a director and a narrator rather than a writer.

— Rajkumar Hirani

I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

— Conrad Hall

I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

— Walter Hill

I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.

— Frances McDormand

I don't feel comfortable calling myself a writer or a director or an actor.

— Limmy

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

— Ang Lee