Direct Quote by Joel Schumacher

A good writer takes time to go in-depth into a subject and then comes out with a good script. Then it's the job of…

— Johnny Lever

Writing is a black-box proposition. You see actors; you can see what they're doing. You can watch the director on set doing his work.…

— Shane Black

One of the difficulties of being a writer must be that you create drama that you can't live out. That's one of the wonderful…

— Anjelica Huston

“Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our…

— Jyoti Arora

Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you can come…

— Michael Beck

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I don't like to be challenged in the way that often happens, where somebody writes something and then you, as an actor, are expected…

— Hugh Dancy

My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage,…

— Bernard Sahlins

When you're a writer, there is a selflessness that has to happen; you have to have equity with how you treat each of the…

— Natasha Rothwell

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power…

— Joe Eszterhas

When you're in the editing room, as a director, you get the opportunity to look at your work. As a writer, you can rewrite.…

— Zoe Kazan

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you…

— Lorene Scafaria