Lost Quote by Dustin Hoffman

I've been a writer for years, but it was mainly as a function of trying to be a director, so I just got work…

— Jeff Baena

I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have…

— Catherine O'Hara

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love…

— Shane Carruth

I loved writing and performing, but the idea of doing it for a living seemed so remote. But I eventually let it devolve to…

— Harold Ramis

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore.

— Don DeLillo

I stopped acting a long time ago and my primary career has been producing-directing film.

— Peter Billingsley

I wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish.

— Ziad Doueiri

Years passed and I hadn't really done much writing. Other than the fact that I'm constantly developing new shows, writing up proposals and stuff.

— Greg Weisman

I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start a band,…

— Isaac Marion

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

— Hugh Leonard

I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.

— Irvine Welsh

And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's…

— Nicholas Stoller