Answers Quote by Kelly Reichardt

I learned directing by editing because I saw all the mistakes I had made.

— Julie Delpy

When you're writing something to direct, you just write exactly what you're going to do. You don't have to write it in a way…

— Jon Watts

I think that as you learn more about writing you learn to be direct.

— Eudora Welty

I had never seen anyone edit the way that I edit before I did it, and it's just what felt right to me.

— Emma Chamberlain

Edits are very important to me - they're the way in which I work on everything.

— Tibor Kalman

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

— Danny Strong

I used to edit myself. If something seemed super-simple I had to make it more complicated. Now I'm trying to let what's in there…

— Bill Frisell

If I choose to direct something, it's because I don't think it would get accepted.

— Steven Knight

I'm a fierce editor! I don't edit out things that I began by saying, usually. The editing is on the micro level - a…

— Lydia Davis

Directing is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God, what was…

— Conor McPherson

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I…

— Anita Shreve

I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.

— Mark Harmon