Baggage Quote by Kerry Washington

There have been screenwriters who I'm sure would gladly kill me, because I've been very fast and loose with their work, because I felt…

— Sam Mendes

As far as writing or directing a film, I've worked with enough people who have done that that I know it's just a whole…

— Zak Orth

I doubt that there are many screenplays of movies that either of us have seen over the past 10 years that were first drafts,…

— Alan Moore

Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a…

— Amy Holden Jones

My combined experiences, doing different films, has made me very concerned about and interested in how you protect your creative self when the work,…

— Sharlto Copley

For me, filmmaking is an ongoing self-reflection process. I kind of push everything to the edge. I feel very exposed and fragile when I…

— Tamer El Said

My approach to making movies is different than other people, because I just write a lot of screenplays. I'm constantly writing screenplays.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I feel very strongly as a writer and as a director it is not my job to crush the audience's imagination.

— Sam Levinson

I came to filmmaking because it's my passion. I decided I can't have it distorted or marred by someone else deciding what it should…

— Shane Carruth

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

I think the financial restraint really pushes me as a director to be more creative with the way I shoot the film.

— James Wan

When you produce and direct your own film you havethe somewhat consoling feeling that the producer will kill for you.

— James L. Brooks