Compassion Quote by Sarah Silverman

I don't really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it.

— Ben Barnes

So you know, as a filmmaker you have to get it all right in the writing stage. After that, one has to leave it…

— Rajkumar Hirani

It's quite different writing for films and for myself. You have to help guide a scene along emotionally, and the wrong approach can just…

— Michael Penn

It's not how well you're able to make a movie. It's how well you're able to make a movie under the circumstances.

— George Lucas

As a filmmaker, I get compared to people who have no clue how to do anything, but because of some Internet writing, it looks…

— Uwe Boll

There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.

— Quentin Tarantino

It seems to me the big weakness in most films is the writing. You can learn directing, but you can't learn writing.

— Ken Loach

Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If…

— Dan Brown

I'm so respectful of good writing. It's the blueprint for the movie. You have to have that script there because, if you don't, you're…

— Molly Shannon

To me, the most important thing is the script. I would never make a movie that I didn't write. I wouldn't know how to.

— John Waters

It's good filmmaking when you don't have to say anything and you can still tell the story.

— Shia LaBeouf

It's a great luxury for me to be able to write on the films that I direct, and kind of a nice thing to…

— Harold Ramis