Direct Quote by John Frankenheimer

In Hollywood, they think they know it all. You, as a writer, are essentially an outsider. Novelists and short-story writers, especially.

— Ray Bradbury

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

— John Frankenheimer

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

— Helen Mirren

I don't think enough directors know enough about editing.

— Thelma Schoonmaker

As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

You would assume that a filmmaker should know how to edit, but pretty much every filmmaker I've worked with doesn't know how to edit.

— Logan Lerman

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

Relative to the power that movie stars have, and producers and directors, I would say that even the most respected screenwriters have very little…

— Robert Towne

Even though I studied in New York and I know the American system, I come from France where I learned that with movies in…

— Louis Leterrier

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

— Lisa Scottoline

I think a lot of people have the idea of an editor being someone who comes in like a dictator, and says, "You can't…

— Cheryl Strayed

A lot of directors, they don't go into the editing room during the shoot. When they come back, they've forgotten what they've shot. That's…

— Til Schweiger