Cinema Quote by Darren Aronofsky

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And…

— Lindsey Stirling

I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a writer.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

Most of my life, I thought that I would end up a novelist. But then, in New York City, after college, I started a…

— Jon Spaihts

I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film…

— Tom Stoppard

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell…

— Mike White

I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make…

— Gus Van Sant

I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.

— Robert Barry

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

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage…

— Sasha Alexander

I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. Filmmaking seemed to be a good compilation of all these skills…

— Brendan Fletcher

I was writing, directing, and editing my own films as a young kid with my parents' video camera.

— Meagan Tandy

I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than film, so…

— Sarah Polley