Blueprints Quote by Steven Bochco

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

— Sofia Coppola

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

— Tim Robbins

What you write sets the visual style for the film. But you have to compromise your style in your first few films before people…

— Mani Ratnam

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it…

— Dan Gilroy

As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want.

— David Slade

Filmmaking is like any kind of art form. You have to try to figure it out, and you're going to do that by trying.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I have always believed that when a film is being made, it has to be the director's vision.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

Making a film is just layers and layers of work of edits and trial and error.

— Raoul Peck

Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war…

— Caleb Deschanel

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

— Park Chan-wook

When you're working on a film, it's not always finished visually, what you're looking at.

— Lorne Balfe

When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals, and they…

— Josh Hartnett