Becoming Quote by Joe R. Lansdale

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

For me, film is an extremely powerful way of conveying a message to a mainstream audience.

— Rachel Shenton

My writing has always been more out of the need to write a movie rather than me being a good writer.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.

— Jeff Kinney

I'm not really that keen on mainstream; I'm not interested in doing the normal films. I do tend to go for the quirky, different…

— Gina Bellman

Whenever I have really enjoyed being part of a film, it has worked well for me.

— Fahadh Faasil

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.

— Terry Southern

I eventually want to do writing on all the films, but not necessarily to be the writer. Writing is a painful, painful thing; it…

— Cary Fukunaga

Let me be very frank. I make films keeping within the mainstream and my cinema is popular cinema. I love it this way.

— Mani Ratnam

I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of good, original…

— Colin Firth

I think if it is written well, it really doesn't matter what the genre is and what it is all about as long as…

— Arshad Warsi

In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television.

— Vince Gilligan