Knowing what thought process goes into constructing a line helps an actor know how to deliver that line because you understand the intention behind the writing.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard."

(Interview with NEH chairman Bruce Cole, Humanities, July/Aug. 2002, Vol. 23/No. 4)

He's nowhere in the thought process.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

Je choisis des mots simples et concrets... J'essaie de faire des phrases courtes et j'évite les inversions autant que possible. Je ne mets pas un mot très bref à côté d'un mot de plusieurs syllables... Si un mot finit par une consonne, je lui trouve un compagnon qui commence par une voyelle. Et je lis mon texte à voix haute pour entendre comment ça sonne.