“I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.”
David Niven

“What I try to achieve in acting - flamboyance - would be self-indulgence if I tried it as a writer.”
Robert Shaw

“I never write for money. I only act for money.”
Robert Shaw

“I loved acting, and then acting led to writing, and writing led to directing.”
Tom McCarthy

“I never feel more myself than when I'm writing; I never enjoy any day more than a good writing day.”
Anthony Minghella