Deals Quote by John Lee Hancock

When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure…

— Henry Selick

With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're active, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

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

I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer who is…

— Harold Ramis

When you're a filmmaker or a scriptwriter, you face a lot of challenges while making a film. And when you produce it, you have…

— Vetrimaaran

Being producer you're still going to have to sell somebody who's going to give you the money on the idea and everything like that.…

— Mekhi Phifer

My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays. It's more that I wanted…

— Charlie Kaufman

It takes a number of different skill sets, I think, to try and be a good producer. You have to be very creative, but…

— Suzanne Todd

As a screenwriter, there's so many layers you have to go through in order to tell your story. You have to write the script,…

— Morley

Really, my job is to understand and portray a script, and I've found that the more I practice on my own writing, the more…

— Mike Faist

The writing is amazing because having a hand in creating what you're going to be performing... there's nothing like it. It's always going to…

— Alex Borstein