Heard Quote by Steven Knight

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.

— John Sayles

By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.

— Michael Mann

I'd never imagined myself writing at all until I was almost 30. And horror films weren't to my taste, at least the super popular…

— Karen Walton

Well, unbeknownst to everybody, I did a movie when I was 19.

— Trevor Rabin

The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had a meeting…

— Steven Knight

For the longest time I was contemplating on becoming a writer-director. But somewhere between the age of 18 and 21, I decided to do…

— Harshvardhan Kapoor

With 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30.

— Rian Johnson

I was probably 11 by the time I saw a movie.

— Peter Gallagher

When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it.

— Naomi Alderman

I was 40 when I did my first movie.

— Danny Aiello

I made my first movie when I was five.

— Abigail Breslin

I think ever since I was preteen I wanted to direct movies and tell stories.

— Fred Durst