Directors Quote by Ken Loach

It's good to work with a writer-director.

— Raashi Khanna

I thought a director was like a pillow who sat under the writer, supporting them and submitting to their vision. It took me a…

— John Tiffany

The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want…

— Steven Zaillian

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

— Peter Jackson

I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

— Eric Roth

I think when you make a movie, one of your main focuses as a director is to inspire everyone else to give their best.…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

— Ben Affleck

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

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it…

— Dan Gilroy

As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

— Mike White

I don't think film is the writer's medium, and so I was interested to see what a director would do with it.

— Daniel Handler

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue…

— B. J. Novak