Acting Quote by David Morse

In real life, there's nobody more out than Sean. It was just in the press that he didn't want to say one way or…

— Megan Mullally

I remember lying to my producer that I'd heard Sean Penn was coming out of a different exit, just to avoid him - he…

— Paul Kaye

The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream of sharing his royalties…

— Anonymous

That's the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still maintain some…

— Alan Lightman

I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make…

— Leon Uris

The wise screen writer is he who wears his second-best suit, artistically speaking, and doesn't take things too much to heart. He should have…

— Raymond Chandler

Do not be surprised. I do not like writers and I cannot stand their lies. They speak so as not to listen to themselves…

— Albert Camus

I always think it's a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.

— Cillian Murphy

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at…

— Raymond Chandler

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

— Elia Kazan

Every film-maker while writing a screenplay comes to a landmark point in the plot where he thinks a scene can be narrated musically.

— Manoj Kumar

The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.

— Orhan Pamuk