Karen Traviss Quotes

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces.

At the core, I'm a filmmaker and a storyteller.

I give as much as I can, and it's up to someone else to turn it into a movie. Good luck to you!

I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

I write on a visual canvas, 'seeing' a scene in my thoughts before translating it into language, so I'm a visual junkie.

I originally went to school to be a filmmaker. And so it's a big part of how I think and how I write. And it inspires me a lot.

I have to credit high school for allowing us to mess around with movie stuff at a time when it was a novelty. Experimenting with that and having a very good group of friends to work with made it a very easy decision that this seemed like something I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

I am very interested in behind the scenes, and I am very creative.

I love directing as I've got such a fantastic, a creative mind.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

I love directing. I love creating things that I don't necessarily even have to be in. I like creating worlds. So I'm getting into writing movies and selling movies and television shows and creating worlds that then get to live beyond me.

I do love directing. It's probably my favorite thing that I do.

I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.

I grew up doing theatre and spent a long time as a playwright. I still think very visually when I write.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

I discovered that, in order to write a magnificent piece, you should shoot the images because once you are filming, you are writing the script in your mind.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.

I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about.

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