Audience Quote by Sam Levinson

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

— Lena Waithe

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

— Mary Stuart Masterson

Insofar as I'm good at directing, it's because I've become a writer.

— David Hare

When I feel like being a director, I write a novel.

— John Irving

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the…

— Jodie Foster

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

As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem…

— David Ayer

Creative directors can be egocentric, they say. I decide; they shout at people and harass. I don't want that.

— Marco Bizzarri

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

— Ben Affleck

There's some things that you're passionate about as a director. You just know it has to be a certain way. The challenge is resolving…

— Ricky Schroder

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

— Lena Waithe