Differences Quote by Nathan Fillion

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as…

— Drew Goddard

I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

— Lena Waithe

There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director.

— Sergio Leone

As a director you have to be at 30,000 ft objectively looking at everything, wondering if you're making the right objective, emotional, story, character…

— Alex Kurtzman

As a director, you never get to watch other directors work, and you also don't get to collaborate with other directors that much.

— Spike Jonze

The difference between one writer and the other, or one director and the other, is the way he deals with a scene.

— Sreenivasan

In a weird way, it's much easier, when I don't have to worry about being a writer, to just worry about the director job,…

— Drew Goddard

For me to get to work with a writer-director over time in developing a project - my investment feels much more profound. I know…

— Maggie Siff

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

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

— Raashi Khanna

A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell…

— James Cameron

In an ideal world, as a director, you usually wish you could do your own thing and not have to take anyone else's point…

— Johan Renck