Quotes About Writing

I try to help people become the best possible editors of their own work, to help them become conscious of the things they do well, of the things they need to look at again, of the wells of material they have not even begun to dip their buckets into.

It's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to the subject. This is what people like about my work, and what the critics hate.

It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I give it to someone else and it doesn't turn out as it could have done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby.

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.

I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. That's what writing a screenplay is.

So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.

Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.

I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's what directing is to me.

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

I think, obviously, everyone has a lot of favorite movies, but I really for some reason just love Quentin Tarantino's writing and directing style.

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

I love writing. I think writing and directing go hand in hand.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

Interestingly enough, there is a really different dynamic when you're directing something that somebody else has written compared to when you're directing something that you've written. And there's a good and a bad side to it. I think the bad side is that you never feel the same level of connection to the material - you just don't.