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title: "3 Episodes Quotes By Melissa Rosenberg"
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> [With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/with-twilight-you-have-these-massive-tomes-that-you-have-to-condense/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/melissa-rosenberg-10715_dutch_with-twilight-you-have-these-massive-tom_412843.png)

> [With 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter,' we as a group of writers had to take a rather thin novel and spread it out over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/with-darkly-dreaming-dexter-we-as-a-group-of-writers-had-to-take-a/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/melissa-rosenberg-10715_course_with-darkly-dreaming-dexter-we-as-a-grou_1449105.png)

> [To me, to spend all the time and energy and face all those creative challenges that you would spend for a two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/to-me-to-spend-all-the-time-and-energy-and-face-all-those-creative/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/melissa-rosenberg-10715_challenges_to-me-to-spend-all-the-time-and-energy-a_2978342.jpg)

## Other authors on Episodes

## More by Melissa Rosenberg

> [TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constantly writing. 'Twilight' had almost a TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/tv-is-the-place-for-writers-to-live-this-is-where-you-have-creative/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/i-don-t-assume-because-i-can-write-screenplays-that-i-know-how-to/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [Women, in general, are very passionate fans, and that's what you love about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/women-in-general-are-very-passionate-fans-and-that-s-what-you-love/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [That was, in writing the 'Twilight' script I had about five weeks to write that. I'd taken about a month to write the outline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/that-was-in-writing-the-twilight-script-i-had-about-five-weeks-to/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [When you're writing you're constantly fighting demons to sit down and do what you do. If you listen to the voices outside your head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/when-you-re-writing-you-re-constantly-fighting-demons-to-sit-down-and/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [Showrunning is not a one-man job; it's literally impossible to do for one person. I have learned the hard way now from two seasons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/showrunning-is-not-a-one-man-job-it-s-literally-impossible-to-do-for/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [What I want is to be the highest grossing screenwriter, or to have some other woman be the highest grossing screenwriter, instead of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/what-i-want-is-to-be-the-highest-grossing-screenwriter-or-to-have/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [In 'Twilight,' you're setting up the world. You're introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn't know who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/in-twilight-you-re-setting-up-the-world-you-re-introducing-the-world/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. Obviously, it's a challenge - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/everyone-is-given-one-gift-a-reason-for-being-and-it-s-our-obligation/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [I got so lucky on my 'Red Widow' cast. It was just the universe looking out for me that I got those actors. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/i-got-so-lucky-on-my-red-widow-cast-it-was-just-the-universe-looking/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/with-twilight-you-have-these-massive-tomes-that-you-have-to-condense/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks romance. I think women's roles have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/what-i-really-want-to-do-is-create-great-roles-for-women-and-i-m-not/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/directing-doesn-t-appeal-to-me-i-m-much-more-in-the-world-of-ideas-my/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [I have a very strict regimen of showing up at my desk at a certain hour with my cup of green tea. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/i-have-a-very-strict-regimen-of-showing-up-at-my-desk-at-a-certain/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

> [The only kind of film I want to write is a story where I can keep on seeing the stories play out. I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/the-only-kind-of-film-i-want-to-write-is-a-story-where-i-can-keep-on/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

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