Cinema Quote by Philippe Claudel

In many respects I have gone out of my way to avoid the usual approach adopted in crime novels. I have used some techniques…

— Stieg Larsson

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

— James Franco

Nothing beats novel writing because it's complete expression of you. You just control everything. Not even a movie director has that level of control.

— Tom Perrotta

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

— Patrice Leconte

The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you want to achieve. Then you…

— Miranda Richardson

I always believe that one can't interfere in another's work. Once I start work on any film, I surrender myself completely and blindly follow…

— Mahesh Babu

In film work, you do the best you can under the given circumstances, but you don't have control. At least, I don't.

— Michael Schoeffling

I'm a writer of fiction. I try to write about my time, but it's dangerous if I'm seen as an investigative writer. I manipulate…

— Abi Morgan

I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my own life…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation.

— Marianne Elliott

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing, for me,…

— Patrice Leconte

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

— Stanley Tucci