There are two kinds of filmmaking: Hitchcock's (the film is complete in the director's mind) and Coppola's (which thrives on process). For Hitchcock,…

- Walter Murch

Looking at a first assembly is kind of like looking at an overgrown garden. You can't just wade in with a weed whacker; you don't yet know where the …

- Walter Murch

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

- Walter Murch

Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If yo…

- Walter Murch

Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you don't know everything…

- Walter Murch

You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into thi…

- Walter Murch

As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you l…

- Walter Murch

Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.

- Walter Murch

The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand, what you have to say and how you…

- Walter Murch