I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.

I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to choose your words, to get your sentences exactly right. Whereas when you're being interviewed, say, you have to talk on the fly, you have to improvise, you can change sentences around, and they're not exactly right.

People are always saying it's the end of the Gutenberg era. More to the point, it's a return to an oral era. The Gutenberg galaxy was about the written word. At its best, the digital era is part of the rediscovery of the oral. At its worst, it's a Kafkaesque victory of the bureaucratic over the imagination.

When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take the written word and make it honest.

I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.

The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue as you go along, it 's disgraceful to have to do this, but now and again you have no choice.

While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.

I've always found it easy and natural and, more importantly, necessary to articulate thoughts and feelings, and fierce emotions, through the written word. Fantasy and horror came to me when I was very young.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word.

I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all.

It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.

Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me.

When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound.