Alexander Mackendrick

“Film dialogue is best when it has an immediate purpose and produces reactions in others.”

Chris Menges

David Lynch

“I don't think about technique. The ideas dictate everything. You have to be true to that or you're dead.”

Werner Herzog

“It is my duty to direct because the films might be the inner chronicle of what we are, and we have to articulate ourselves. Otherwise we would be cows in the field.”

Alan Parker

“Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.”

Jean-Luc Godard

“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order. ”