Been Quote by Christopher McQuarrie

Eventually, in the editing movie you have to look at it as if you hadn't written it. So, you have to be a bit…

— John Michael McDonagh

Writers are generally anonymous. It just that I think I got out there because I also act as well and put myself in my…

— Kevin Grevioux

I've had to cut my mom out of a movie before - it's ruthless, editing. But it's also so necessary; because once you start…

— Derek Cianfrance

On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable.

— Alan Moore

Filmmaking was the way I could write characters and not have to give them up to anybody.

— Dee Rees

Certainly, for me, and it's gone this way on every project I've worked on, the "writing" never ends until you're done with the movie.

— Danny Strong

Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not…

— Jonathan Raymond

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

— Sheryl Crow

While we're working on the script, I never see any films. I make it a point because I don't want to get distracted. I…

— Deepa Mehta

I've always scribbled, and I still do it. I've written numerous scripts for films for which I think I'd be perfect as the complex,…

— Romola Garai

I don't know if I can see myself writing another 'Saw' film. It's such a special part of my life, and I almost don't…

— Leigh Whannell