Quentin Tarantino Quotes

I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except that growing up, I didn't have the opportunity to shoot as much as I did to write.

There is no such thing as a good script, onlya good film, and I'm conscious that my scripts often read better than they play.

I could be just a writer very easily. I am not a writer. I am a screenwriter, which is half a filmmaker... But it is not an art form, because screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

I think I came to film-making through writing. I started to write, and people, teachers, responded to my writing.

So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.

I don't really have a drive toward being a director at all. Not that I wouldn't rule it out, but I just don't think my instincts lie necessarily in a very visual way. But I am very interested in storytelling, narrative and character development, so writing is something that I absolutely want to do.

If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will play to film's strengths.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.

I started out my career as a screenwriter and quickly discovered that adhering to a script isn't always the best way to make a film. You have to take into consideration the nuances of the characters and what the actors bring to their roles.

'Analyze This' is a good movie because Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal are really good. But without the material to put on the play, of course, they couldn't be good. For me, it starts with the writing. I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense.

Good directing is good writing and good casting.

I love good TV shows, but it's not what I do. I kind of sculpt my films as I go along. And TV is all about writing, so you just shoot, shoot, shoot what's written.

There's a heresy which is perpetuated by film school that to be a great director you have to write your own stuff.

As a director, you want to work with great writers.

Eventually, I would love to direct, but not anytime soon. I just love the storytelling aspect.

Writing a script consumes so much of time.

It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing room.

Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script.

At the end of the day you do have to write a short novel beforehand, called a script, before you can make a movie.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.