“Writing a good movie brings a writer about as much fame as steering a bicycle. It gets him, however, more jobs. If his movie is bad it will attract only critical tut-tut for him. The producer, director and stars are the geniuses who get the hosannas when it's a hit. Theirs are also the heads that are mounted on spears when it's a flop.” IfsWritingJobsStarsGeniusFameDirectorsCriticalProducersBicycleGood MovieSpearsSteering Author:Ben Hecht
“If you, my fellow copywriters or art directors, want to win the award, devote your genius to making the cash register ring.” IfsWantArtWinningGeniusDirectorsFellowsRingsAwardsCashRegisterArt Director Author:David Ogilvy
“Richard Curtis, the writer and director of Love Actually, is brilliant at many things, but his genius, I submit, is for thrusting characters into situations in which they feel driven to humiliate themselves. Which is why we love them, especially when it's all in the name of love. He is the Bard of Embarrassment.” FeelsCharacterNamesSituationGeniusDirectorsDrivenBrilliantSubmitEmbarrassmentHumiliateBardsLove Actually Author:David Edelstein
“Sometimes things are nothing on paper, but a genius director turns it into something amazing.” SometimesTurnsGeniusDirectorsPaper Author:Douglas Booth