Art Quote by Paul Schrader

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come out of…

— Peter Gould

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you…

— Samantha Morton

If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.

— Quentin Tarantino

I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.

— Mary Stuart Masterson

The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have…

— Ann Patchett

I'm not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way.

— Rob Marshall

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.

— George Lucas

I didn't know how to be a writer. But I thought, 'I can do this.'

— Karen Robards

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

— Deepa Mehta

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

— Elmore Leonard

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I…

— Ira Glass

Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

— Paul Schrader