Allowed Quote by Brendan Fletcher

I felt like I was a writer, and I just thought filmmaking was the best way for me to express that, because it allows…

— Lena Dunham

I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies. I did it as something that was really…

— Curtis Hanson

For me writing and filmmaking is a therapeutic process. It reflects themes that I'm going through at a time in my life.

— Mark Webber

Filmmaking in general is my second career. I thought that writing wasn't practical, so I went to business school and got an MBA, and…

— Dee Rees

I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.

— Jack Nicholson

I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing.

— Brendan Fletcher

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.

— Alexander Payne

You get told a lot in school to tell what you know, write what you know. But what excites me about filmmaking, about being…

— Anna Boden

I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.

— Ira Sachs

I'm quite often interested in writing and sculpture, installation, and photography, obviously, just as much as filmmaking.

— RaMell Ross

I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.

— Jeff Kinney

I was attracted to filmmaking in college because of my love of storytelling. You can have such an impact and reach a broader audience…

— Rory Kennedy