'Fanboys' was the first real screenplay that I ever wrote that was an original story with my own characters. — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14. — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
“Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The novel's not organized like a screenplay. If you shot the novel, you'd have a twelve-hour movie. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I can't imagine writing a screenplay where I didn't feel deeply connected at some kind of visceral level to the material. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
My back went out and I gained 40 pounds while sweating over 'Perestroika.' It was incredibly hard, the hardest thing I had… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story.… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Yellow Submarine' for the Beatles. I wrote the screenplay for 'The Games,' about the Olympic Games. I wrote 'Love Story,'… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
I don't mean to talk so much about screenplay writing. Who wants to talk about screenplay writing? I've taught it and I… — Hampton Fancher Copy Share Image
I think longer that you sit on a screenplay the longer you sit. I'm a firm believer that you can write the… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I didn't know how story worked. So, when writing the screenplay, people introduced me to the science of it. And I'm grateful.… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
“Would you not say that peace is the greatest desire of true soldiers? Do we not have the most to lose from… — Earl Devere Copy Share Image
It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think. — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast. — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Woody Allen. I used to love the fact that he wrote his own screenplay and acted in… — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
The brain needs to have a story; it needs to have a logical screenplay telling where we're coming from and what we're… — Miguel Nicolelis Copy Share Image
I sold my first screenplay six months before 'Glee,' but they had the option for a year and now it's back with… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
After I sold my screenplay adaptation of 'Rain Fall' to Sony Pictures, I had no more creative involvement, — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
The good thing about directing a screenplay that you've written is that you see the film in your head as you're writing… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Most of screenplay writing is deciding which voices you want to listen to and take on board. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
In LA, it's the law that you must be engaged in writing a screenplay with your hairdresser, pool boy, personal trainer, life… — Mimi Pond Copy Share Image
I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting. — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel. — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
We mystify the art of moviemaking, but it's not amystical science. You take a good screenplay, put a group togetherand you hammer… — Bill Paxton Copy Share Image
Preston Sturges, who wrote The Palm Beach Story, said screenplay writing is architecture. That's why it's so rare to read one that's… — Hampton Fancher Copy Share Image
Writing is like driving a car. Writing the beats of a screenplay? It's like driving a rover on Mars. You have to… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
'Housefull' is not a 'leave your brains behind' kind of a film. It has a very intelligent screenplay. — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie.… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
You use simple brushstrokes in a screenplay for things over which you would take much greater pains in a novel. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Writing a screenplay is daunting for sure, but I think that Hollywood needs them, so if you can manage to do that,… — Kyle Mooney Copy Share Image
I've often said that I can forgive a shoddy screenplay or bad acting, but I can never forgive bad politics. — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice. — Joey Lauren Adams Copy Share Image
On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable. — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay. — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
