Quotes about Director
Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
— 1 Chronicles 15:22
I think a playwright must be his own dramaturg. I believe in a theater where the director and the playwright work together to create what they need.
— John Guare
I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.
— Jonah Hill
Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's medium.
— Shonda Rhimes
Now, if indeed thou wouldest reverence the Word of the Lord, and make it thy rule and director in all things, believe that the Word is the fear of the Lord, the Word that standeth fast for ever; without and against which God will do nothing, either in saving or damning of the souls of sinners.
— John Bunyan
The word in its several, especially of the chiefest, acceptations. First, then by this word fear we are to understand even God himself, who is the object of our fear. Second, by this word fear we are to understand the Word of God, the rule and director of our fear.
— John Bunyan
But there is always a danger that the priest qualified to seriously direct religious will be overwhelmed by the demand for his services. His first duty, if he wants to be an effective director, is to see to his own interior life and take time for prayer and meditation, since he will never be able to give to others what he does not possess himself.
— Thomas Merton
Your old life and your former ways are crucified now, and you must not seek to live any more for your own gratification, but give up your own judgement into the hands of a wise director, and sacrifice your pleasures and comforts for the love of God and give
— Thomas Merton
That as he knew his obligation to love GOD in all things, and as he endeavored so to do, he had no need of a director to advise him, but that he needed much a Confessor to absolve him. That he was very sensible of his faults, but not discouraged by them; that he confessed them to GOD, but did not plead against Him to excuse them. When he had so done, he peaceably resumed his usual practice of love and adoration.
— Brother Lawrence
If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.
— Julie Andrews
I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.
— Dustin Hoffman
I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell.
— St. Therese of Lisieux