Director Quote by David Benioff

I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

I didn't have a burning desire to be a writer or director - writer probably more so, certainly not a director.

— Billy Bob Thornton

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

— Cameron Crowe

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but…

— Ben Richards

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. I spent a lot…

— Cameron Crowe

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

— Richard LaGravenese

When I feel like being a director, I write a novel.

— John Irving

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing…

— Mike Mills

I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.

— Walter Hill

The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write…

— Charles Martin Smith