I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.
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I've always said the hardest aspect of the job of being a writer is writing.
It's hard writing screenplays.
There's nothing easy about writing. It's always difficult. It's always a struggle.
Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill.
I'd be lying if I said that any part of writing is easy for me, but I have always found that setting comes more naturally to me than, say, writing action scenes.
Writing is hard, hard work; that's just the way it is.
It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.
I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.
Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages.
I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.