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> [I'm usually the first guy to propose a change because I'm continuing my process. We're in a context, in this business, a context in which most screenplays work on a very modest level of achievement, in that a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/i-m-usually-the-first-guy-to-propose-a-change-because-i-m-continuing/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

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> [You evolve in the ways in which you are precious. When you are the director, you are also continuing to write on the floor as you go along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/you-evolve-in-the-ways-in-which-you-are-precious-when-you-are-the/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

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## More by William Monahan

> [“I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/i-put-no-stock-in-religion-by-the-word-religion-i-have-seen-the/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [When I was a kid in London there was just something about the light and there's something about the way London went onto film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/when-i-was-a-kid-in-london-there-was-just-something-about-the-light/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [I think the only real referent for anybody writing drama is probably Hamlet. You have the most extreme tragic drama, this sort of blood-boltered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/i-think-the-only-real-referent-for-anybody-writing-drama-is-probably/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [If you need someone to come out of the sewer with a wire you don't hire someone who needs laborious collective instruction. You let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/if-you-need-someone-to-come-out-of-the-sewer-with-a-wire-you-don-t/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [In reviewing films, people get quite liberal about saying "the script" this and "the script" that, when they've never read the script any more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/in-reviewing-films-people-get-quite-liberal-about-saying-the-script/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [The era I love most is the Federal period, just after the Revolution and the formation of the United States. The birth of America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/the-era-i-love-most-is-the-federal-period-just-after-the-revolution/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn't obvious in the first draft you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/you-know-a-shooter-when-you-see-it-at-least-the-creative-people-do-if/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [If you see, as I do, in edited film, you're going to end up as a director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/if-you-see-as-i-do-in-edited-film-you-re-going-to-end-up-as-a-director/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [I wanted to do London Boulevard because I saw the potential of a story about two people who need each other desperately, who love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/i-wanted-to-do-london-boulevard-because-i-saw-the-potential-of-a/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/dialogue-is-used-to-reveal-not-what-we-want-to-say-but-what-we-are/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [Poetry died as a commercial form and then it died as a serious art form. No one serious touches it. It used to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/poetry-died-as-a-commercial-form-and-then-it-died-as-a-serious-art/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [Casting is all about availability, as much as anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/casting-is-all-about-availability-as-much-as-anything-else/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [For me, film has been good because I'm able to work at top crack, working at something I love to do, in the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/for-me-film-has-been-good-because-i-m-able-to-work-at-top-crack/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [London matters to me because it's the center of what I do for a living and has been since Tudor times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/london-matters-to-me-because-it-s-the-center-of-what-i-do-for-a/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

> [I was always entirely about work, about getting where I am now. If I'm not working I'm thinking about it, though at some point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/i-was-always-entirely-about-work-about-getting-where-i-am-now-if-i-m/)

[William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/)

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