Book Quote by Stephen Chbosky

There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director.

— Sergio Leone

“Man is not his own maker, therefore he must not be his own master; but the Author of his being must be the director…

— Matthew Henry

As a director you already have a script, you have actors... you have collaborators when you're a director. When you're writing there's no one…

— Ben Younger

Especially as an independent director, when you're writing something on spec and you're trying to get it sold, you create this entire world in…

— Anna Boden

My work as an actor is limited by the voice of the director and the writing.

— Adrien Brody

For me, the most important thing is the writing - and certainly the director. But if the writing isn't there, it doesn't matter who…

— Carol Kane

I want to be an author.

— Harry Lloyd

As a writer, I never want to have an author's message. I really want to present a situation with it in as multifaceted a…

— Stephen Schwartz

Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly read me some books,…

— Leon Uris

“People don't know they want to become an author until they meet me.”

— Lucas J. Robak

Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better…

— Ngaio Marsh

“We want the author to give us answers when all he can do is give us desires.”

— Eric Karpeles

At the end, we can embrace and love whatever we want of an author's work. But we also can't ignore a writer's express wish…

— Maria Konnikova

Maybe I'll just write books. I'd like to make another movie, but I don't want to go back and [do] what they want you…

— John Waters

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

— Stanley Tucci