Brain Quote by Craig Zobel

Directing is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God, what was…

— Conor McPherson

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

— Atom Egoyan

Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.

— Anne Tyler

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

— Danny Strong

Writing feels safe, you know, it's a hard job, but at least you're in your office or wherever you are and there's no one…

— Leigh Whannell

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain.

— William Zinsser

Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain…

— Charlie Kaufman

While writing, you are more interested in seeing what happens with you in the process, because all that writing is just you sorting through…

— Oz Perkins

Interestingly enough, there is a really different dynamic when you're directing something that somebody else has written compared to when you're directing something that…

— Scott Derrickson

Writing is like anything else - the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and the less…

— Wayne Dyer

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing is writing.…

— E. L. Doctorow

Thinking visually is my starting point, and then the writing happens.

— Gerard Way