Directors Quote by Preston Sturges

The good thing about directing a screenplay that you've written is that you see the film in your head as you're writing it and…

— Leigh Whannell

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. I spent a lot…

— Cameron Crowe

I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.

— Peter Hedges

Writers are first directors. When directing our own scripts, we would have a better vision and clarity than directing the stories penned by others.…

— Anil Ravipudi

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you…

— Lorene Scafaria

I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have…

— William H. Macy

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

— Kathryn Bigelow

With directing, you have to wake up early, which stinks, but you get to hang out with the crew, you're laughing, you're active, and…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

— Charlie Kaufman

I wasn't a frustrated writer who really wanted to act or a frustrated writer who really wanted to direct. I was really happy writing…

— Leigh Whannell

I think with any movie, directing is more in the preparation. You just have to prepare for everything that's going to happen.

— Robert Ben Garant