Difficult Quote by Ziad Doueiri

The problem with being a writer/director: unless you're really disciplined, you start adding projects, and you have to make time to make them. Because…

— Cary Fukunaga

I didn't write to become a director, which many people do.

— Richard LaGravenese

And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always…

— David Benioff

I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to…

— Anthony Minghella

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

— Ang Lee

I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

— Lena Waithe

I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a…

— Dan Gilroy

I am not trained to be a director or an actor. I have learnt everything by watching other people work and studying their work.

— Farhan Akhtar

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

— Lena Waithe

When I did my first film, I didn't have formal training; I didn't work under any director. I really didn't know how to make…

— Mani Ratnam

I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and…

— Dustin Hoffman

I didn't want to be a director for hire. It really just took me a long time to learn how to direct and to…

— Judd Apatow