Directors Quote by William Monahan

Writer-directors are a little bit more liberal, rather than having just the writer on the set, because I think sometimes the writer becomes too…

— Dennis Farina

Some directors are like poets.

— Manisha Koirala

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

— William S Burroughs

Writers, directors often can get too precious with their words.

— Michael Pitt

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

— Michael Mosley

I have known a handful of producers who actually were equal or superior to the writers with whom they worked. These producers were a…

— Ben Hecht

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

— Elmore Leonard

Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.

— Diana Trilling

Most film directors do not come up with their own subjects or write their own screenplays.

— Thomas Harrison

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

— T. S. Eliot

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.

— Baron de Montesquieu

If you’ve ever wondered why some writers who, in your humble opinion, don’t write as well as you do yet are rich and famous…

— Larry Brooks