Bases Quote by Charlie Kaufman

The more screenwriting you do, the more you become aware that particular scenes aren't going to end up in the movie because they're too…

— Nick Hornby

I think when you're writing prose there's a lot of attendant description and that's were I used to really go bananas. With a screenplay…

— Diablo Cody

When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being…

— J. C. Chandor

I produce more movies than I write, but when I write, it is such an immersive, intense process that it probably takes as much…

— Simon Kinberg

Writing for film is so different; it's such an act of submission, both on a monetary and time level, because you basically kind of…

— Owen Pallett

When you're a filmmaker or a scriptwriter, you face a lot of challenges while making a film. And when you produce it, you have…

— Vetrimaaran

I think the financial restraint really pushes me as a director to be more creative with the way I shoot the film.

— James Wan

When you do your collection, you are much more free. You have fewer boundaries. When you work on a movie, you have to take…

— Milena Canonero

My approach to making movies is different than other people, because I just write a lot of screenplays. I'm constantly writing screenplays.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I think we all have limitations, as directors. I don't care what the budget is, it's probably never enough money and never enough time.…

— Francesca Gregorini

I learned that you really don't have any control as a writer. Waah, waah, waah. Big deal. Unless you're the director on the movie,…

— Bret Easton Ellis

It's a very stressful thing, directing a movie. You have the budget, you have the schedule, you are in certain confines, and you have…

— Robert De Niro