Books Quote by Werner Herzog

If you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

— Werner Herzog

If we walk away thinking and having learned something, that as a filmmaker is what I set out to do.

— Kari Skogland

If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.

— Peter Greenaway

I'm not the kind of filmmaker who's going to go from one thing to the next. I often wish I was that filmmaker, but…

— Jonathan Glazer

As a filmmaker, you want people to understand and get what you do, and it's a lot to ask for.

— Bennett Miller

As a filmmaker, "no" is not in my vocabulary. I've got to figure out a way.

— Taylor Hackford

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

I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My main thing…

— Taika Waititi

You can mix in certain sensitivities as a filmmaker.

— Peter Weir

What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker.

— Antoine Fuqua

I'm not a writer, although, as a filmmaker, you are an author in a certain way.

— Rob Marshall

Filmmaking is a language where you empathise with human situations. Unless you have empathy for characters, you shouldn't be a filmmaker.

— Rajiv Menon