Directors Quote by Dan Gilroy

It's strange - some directors are really talented but they can be so precious when it comes to letting you be a part of…

— Skrillex

Most directors prefer to direct everything themselves. I thought I could on Lord Of The Rings, but very quickly found out that the sheer…

— Peter Jackson

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue…

— B. J. Novak

As a screenwriter, you always have frustrations. It's just the nature of the job, and you have to live with it. Your vision is…

— James Watkins

It's always interesting to see a director trying different things, and on top of it, doing it right each and almost every time.

— Vincent Cassel

As a director, I design every movie to be true to itself, and damn it if they like it, and damn it if they…

— Guillermo del Toro

I believe writing is where it all begins; you can not make a film look different, you have to write it differently.

— Rakshit Shetty

Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.

— Anthony Minghella

What you write sets the visual style for the film. But you have to compromise your style in your first few films before people…

— Mani Ratnam

In my first film, we always tried to have a script and work in a normal way, but I was constantly changing things during…

— Wong Kar-wai

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.

— Alan Parker

I feel very strongly as a writer and as a director it is not my job to crush the audience's imagination.

— Sam Levinson