Quotes About Process

The thing most consistently on my desk as I write is a cat - a different one at different times of the day. I think I'm more a part of their ritual.

Change is not a linear process; it's an all-encompassing process, and it's alive in different ways.

Every director works differently.

Writing is a difficult thing.

I think your behavior is different when you work on digital or film. It seems that... I feel most focused if I'm working on film.

I'm sure I'll go back again and record in the digital process.

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

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

I still don't know much about directing a movie.

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

When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it.

On my set, people have to respect the actor's process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and I never scream out directions from the camera. I take the time to walk up to them and talk to them personally.

There is no way I'll ever write an album for Avril Lavigne or Christina Aguilera. I just couldn't do it. There is no way I could ever do it because my musical process is about being directly involved with whatever I'm going through in life.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

When I'm writing a first draft of a script, I can disappear into that for two, three months exclusively.

As a writer, I don't have a sense of my own position. I try to disappear and not to think of myself at all when I'm working.

Some scenes comes together really quickly, and some scenes are disasters that take forever. But it sort of works itself out over time.

When it comes to people, process and policy, Mr. Trump's administration has gone from bad to disastrous.

I'm not a disciplined writer.

To me, discomfort is a gift in the films that I'm making.

A lot of people are quite discouraged by the process of getting healthy because, one, they think they can't afford it, and two, it's daunting. I wanted to start a dialogue. Because you won't be able to even get there until you actually accept yourself and start connecting with yourself.

I write linearly without knowing the full story. I discover it as I write it.

Usually, I don't feel comfortable with a character until I've played him before an audience for several performances. It is not until after three months of performing that I learn to discover what I call 'all the nooks and crannies' of the person.

I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself.