I've always been very honest about what's good and bad in my writing. That honesty might have made me sound arrogant sometimes,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I don't write all the time. But if I'm writing something, I'll just bang into it every day until it's finished. I… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I probably haven't had enough gay characters in my stuff. When you're writing something, you're thinking, 'Why couldn't this person be black,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I try to naturally keep things to a manageable storytelling length, which is about two hours, so you try to cut out… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I think as a writer you never have to flee from fame because you're not that visible in the first place, but,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I don't even subscribe to writer's block being a truthful thing. I've had writer's laziness quite often. But I think it's all… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I never, ever drink while writing. Never have from the start, and I'm happy that I never have to. A lot of… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we?… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I love actors. Part of that is my theater background and being a writer who cares about performance. Actors have usually chosen… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I pick and choose what I want to do at any given time, and what not to do, importantly. My agents, I won't hear… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
I try to naturally keep things to a manageable storytelling length, which is about two hours, so you try to cut out anything extraneous. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
All my work shares a kind of balance between black comedy and sad and despairing melancholy. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
I suppose I walk that line between comedy and cruelty because I think one illuminates the other. We're all cruel, aren't we? We are… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
As a kid, as a poor-ish, working-class kid, even visiting America seemed like an impossible dream. Every time I ever went anywhere in America,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
I like traveling and I like not being part of the film world. Especially when you're in the middle of a junket, you're thinking,… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
I'm not really into the fame side of things, so I'm very happy with making a film every four years or so. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
I'd love to do something like 'A Canterbury Tale,' because I love the English language. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
It's like two years straight out of your life doing a film. It's very enjoyable, especially working with the guys, but I kind of… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share
