Exchanging the pen for the camera
Humans are social beings. Traditionally, writing books and scripts has not been very social. Writer directs movie and enjoys human contact... From The Philidelphia Inquirer, by Steven Rea:
"As a person who's primarily a novelist, I'd have thought that I'd have wanted it all to be my way," says Peter Hedges (author of two novels - What's Eating Gilbert Grape and An Ocean in Iowa), weighing the differences between the solitary craft of writing and the collaborative process of filmmaking. "But the truth is, it's really nice to make something with other people. And it's particularly enjoyable when you like how it actually turned out."