Better Quote by Nia DaCosta

I write about what I know and also what I don't understand. Emotions for what has transpired.

— Lucrecia Martel

I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.

— Terrence McNally

You don't necessarily need to go to film school to learn that part of it. But what I valued was that it gives you…

— Meera Menon

I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the…

— Peter Jackson

“I know I should be able to find a story in anything. Good screenwriters can pull interesting films out of the asinine and mundane.…

— Melissa Keil

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

— Brian Koppelman

When I write a movie, I write it for me.

— Taylor Sheridan

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And…

— Lindsey Stirling

I knew that the principle objective of my film was to be a sentimental or an emotional study. What I did was kind of…

— Louis Garrel

It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own knowledge and…

— Issa Rae

I learned that I enjoy directing a lot more than I enjoy writing, which is interesting, because writing is lonely and infamous basically.

— Dan Mazer

Writing is something that comes naturally to me, like acting.

— Divya Dutta