Believe Quote by Shane Black

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

— Henry Mancini

You have to be in California in order to write or direct movies. People say, "Oh, I'm gonna do it from Pittsburgh. I'm just…

— Shane Black

You cannot live in Los Angeles for any period of time without eventually trying to write a screenplay. It's like a flu bug that…

— Gilda Radner

No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when…

— Carol Burnett

I studied theater at UCLA and wrote plays during my time there.

— Mikey Day

My advice is that if you really want to be a screenwriter, get out here and be ready to take no for an answer…

— Callie Khouri

I'm starting at USC's film school for directing this month. I'll try to get a semester in at a time. I'll have to take…

— Skyler Gisondo

You graduate from film school and move to Hollywood. Hollywood tells you, 'We're not the place for you to make films,' so you decide…

— Barry Jenkins

You have to want to be in the company of those you're making films about.

— Mira Nair

I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.

— Anthony Minghella

You need a lot of experience to direct a film.

— Esha Deol

I remember that when I got to NYU, everyone was writing scripts. But I was 18 at the time, and when you write a…

— Todd Phillips