Class Quote by Aaron Sorkin

I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

— Charlie Kaufman

I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.

— Robert Altman

When I started writing screenplays, as early as I started writing anything, I hadn't seen any ordinary screenplays. I saw movies and figured out…

— William Monahan

I believe writing is where it all begins; you can not make a film look different, you have to write it differently.

— Rakshit Shetty

One of the things about writing a novel is you can do it any way you want. It's your voice that's important and I…

— Quentin Tarantino

Actually, screenplays were much more detailed than what I did in the book In the book I had to invent a style for communicating…

— Paul Auster

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it…

— Salman Rushdie

I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

— Diablo Cody

My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because…

— Deepa Mehta

On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I…

— John Cleese

I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.

— Diablo Cody

In writing scripts now, having made a film, I'm much more conscious of what it means to shoot and edit a movie, and that…

— Josh Radnor