Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them. – Nicholas Meyer
The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It’s a collaborative adventure. – Nicholas Meyer
Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn’t disappear. – Nicholas Meyer
A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something – for a building that will most likely never be built. – Nicholas Meyer
As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos. – Nicholas Meyer
Art doesn’t just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things. – Nicholas Meyer
I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much of a difference to me what medium I worked in. – Nicholas Meyer
There are moments in one’s life where you look back and you say, ‘Well, I wish I had done this differently.’ – Nicholas Meyer
An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them. – Nicholas Meyer
