I've always equated the writing process with editing, sort of like when I get through editing the movie, that's like my last… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The good thing about directing a screenplay that you've written is that you see the film in your head as you're writing… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
My back went out and I gained 40 pounds while sweating over 'Perestroika.' It was incredibly hard, the hardest thing I had… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
When I was asked to read a screenplay about Margaret Thatcher, I think I felt immediate apprehension. — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
Whether I'm in front of the camera, behind the camera, at my computer writing a novel or a screenplay, as long as… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
Screenplay is the toughest form of writing for me, because you need to be in present tense. You need to be describing… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think. — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
I can't imagine writing a screenplay where I didn't feel deeply connected at some kind of visceral level to the material. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
What I found interesting writing a screenplay as opposed to writing a novel is not the obvious thing, which is having to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
You always have three movies that you have to reduce into one. You have the screenplay. And then, you do a workshop… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
For the film 'Saat Khoon Maaf,' which was adapted from my story 'Susanna's Seven Husbands,' I did collaborate on the screenplay. I… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I want to have more original-screenplay Oscars than anybody who's ever lived! So much, I want to have so many that -… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story.… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but (for me, at… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
“In a movie, people only talk when they want something. If your characters are not pursuing their needs in the scene, they… — Dan Joseph Decker Copy Share Image
If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
'Nuvvla Nenila' is an out and out love entertainer. The screenplay of the film is very good and director Nakkina Trinadha Rao… — Varun Sandesh Copy Share Image
Overall, I feel that southern cinema, in itself, has taken over the film industry with its content, stories and screenplay. — Karishma Tanna Copy Share Image
“I sold him the house, if you want to know.” “Maybe I’ll buy it back, when I sell my screenplay.” — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
A good book or movie or screenplay should be emotionally satisfying. When they're done, you want people to breathe a deep sigh… — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“I’d like to write a screenplay about my grandpa, and I’d like my future grandson to play the part. Talk about a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
When you're writing a screenplay every scene needs to change from positive to negative, or negative to positive, and constantly trying to… — Sam de Jong Copy Share Image
If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
So on my screenplay, on the left-hand side of the page, I will put all the ideas that refer to the scene… — Adrian Lyne Copy Share Image
If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I guess the first screenplay of mine that was done was 'Falling in Love' with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep. — Michael Cristofer Copy Share Image
“The secret to writing a screenplay is keeping you ass in the chair. (ASS + CHAIR = PAGES!)” — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Anyone living in Los Angeles who has opposable thumbs is required to write a screenplay. — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
For me, if Vijayendra Prasad had not given me the two pager for 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' I would not have been able to… — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
In 2007, I probably wrote four screenplays in the entire year. Every three months I was writing a screenplay. — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
