Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to be a screenwriter?' I say, 'You know what you do? I'll tell you the secret, it's easy: Read 'Hamlet.' You know? Then… — John Logan Copy Share Image
Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I'm a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones where I don't understand their pain or their anguish, they are the characters that appeal to me. — John Logan Copy Share Image
Working on 'Skyfall' was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had on a movie, ever. — John Logan Copy Share Image
“Children don't have hearts yet, not really. They haven't been hurt into the need for one.” — John Logan Copy Share Image
I grew up on the Bond movies. The first one I saw was 'Diamonds Are Forever,' when I was a kid. I just loved… — John Logan Copy Share Image
The history of screenwriting - of what we do - is more than 100 years old. It's thousands of years old, going back to… — John Logan Copy Share Image
The themes, ideas and the characters from 'Skyfall' can obviously continue on, because it is a franchise, and it is an ongoing story. — John Logan Copy Share Image
“But how can you be Peter Pan? You? The Boy Who Never Grew Up? That's not you. You have egg on your collar. You… — John Logan Copy Share Image
Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play about Howard… — John Logan Copy Share Image
“Everyone likes everything nowadays. They like the television and the phonograph and the shampoo and the soda pop and the Cracker Jack. Everything becomes… — John Logan Copy Share Image
Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to be a screenwriter?' I say, 'You… — John Logan Copy Share Image
Whether you're writing a horror show or a James Bond film, I think what bubbles beneath is interesting characterization. The colors that emerge through… — John Logan Copy Share Image
I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I have ever… — John Logan Copy Share Image
If you look at the muscularity of something like 'Wicked' and the way it has just spawned sort of generations of young people wanting… — John Logan Copy Share Image
