--- title: "11 Screenplay Like Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Screenplay Like quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Screenplay Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/kay-cannon-21247_baby_pitch-perfect-was-my-first-screenplay-so_1503438.jpg" --- > ['Pitch Perfect' was my first screenplay, so it was like my little baby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-cannon/pitch-perfect-was-my-first-screenplay-so-it-was-like-my-little-baby/) [Kay Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-cannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/kay-cannon-21247_baby_pitch-perfect-was-my-first-screenplay-so_1503438.jpg) > [Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-heslov/writing-a-screenplay-is-like-writing-a-big-puzzle-and-so-the-hardest/) [Grant Heslov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-heslov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/grant-heslov-21727_big_writing-a-screenplay-is-like-writing-a-b_2407332.jpg) > [When you're writing a screenplay, it's like you're dreaming the film for yourself again and again and again until it becomes almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-gerwig/when-you-re-writing-a-screenplay-it-s-like-you-re-dreaming-the-film/) [Greta Gerwig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-gerwig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/greta-gerwig-2602_memory_when-you-re-writing-a-screenplay-it-s-li_858583.jpg) > [Writing a screenplay is like climbing a mountain. When you’re climbing, all you can see is the rock in front of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syd-field/writing-a-screenplay-is-like-climbing-a-mountain-when-you-re-climbing/) [Syd Field](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/syd-field/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/syd-field-50347_climbing_writing-a-screenplay-is-like-climbing-a_160237.jpg) > [Writing a screenplay, for me, is like juggling. It's like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/writing-a-screenplay-for-me-is-like-juggling-it-s-like-how-many-balls/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/james-cameron-2754_air_writing-a-screenplay-for-me-is-like-jugg_1482837.png) > [You cannot live in Los Angeles for any period of time without eventually trying to write a screenplay. It's like a flu…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilda-radner/you-cannot-live-in-los-angeles-for-any-period-of-time-without/) [Gilda Radner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilda-radner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/gilda-radner-11283_bugs_you-cannot-live-in-los-angeles-for-any-p_2286294.jpg) > [I think you leave your imprint on every screenplay. I like to bring my experience as a woman to all my female…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-schroeder/i-think-you-leave-your-imprint-on-every-screenplay-i-like-to-bring-my/) [Allison Schroeder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-schroeder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/allison-schroeder-22226_experience_i-think-you-leave-your-imprint-on-every_1149946.jpg) > [There's something about somebody's first screenplay: it's like their whole life experience has kind of been bottled into it. They bring so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-faris/there-s-something-about-somebody-s-first-screenplay-it-s-like-their/) [Valerie Faris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-faris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/valerie-faris-28536_experience_there-s-something-about-somebody-s-first_1250338.jpg) > [I love writing. When I finish a script, it's a joy to sit down and go all the way through it. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hughes/i-love-writing-when-i-finish-a-script-it-s-a-joy-to-sit-down-and-go/) [John Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/john-hughes-10415_books_i-love-writing-when-i-finish-a-script-it_1133765.jpg) > [Writing a screenplay, I'm like, "All I'm responsible for is that final script, and I take great effort and pride in that."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/writing-a-screenplay-i-m-like-all-i-m-responsible-for-is-that-final/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/daniel-clowes-3835_effort_writing-a-screenplay-i-m-like-all-i-m-re_1797254.jpg) > [“The funny thing about my procrastination was that I was almost done with the screenplay. I was like a person who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-july/the-funny-thing-about-my-procrastination-was-that-i-was-almost-done/) [Miranda July](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-july/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/miranda-july-1600_almost-done_the-funny-thing-about-my-procrastination_2839343.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/screenplay-like/#itemlist", "name": "Screenplay Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Pitch Perfect' was my first screenplay, so it was like my little baby.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kay Cannon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-cannon/pitch-perfect-was-my-first-screenplay-so-it-was-like-my-little-baby/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/kay-cannon-21247_baby_pitch-perfect-was-my-first-screenplay-so_1503438.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/kay-cannon-21247_baby_pitch-perfect-was-my-first-screenplay-so_1503438.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/kay-cannon-21247_baby_pitch-perfect-was-my-first-screenplay-so_1503438.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'Pitch Perfect' was my first screenplay, so it was like my little baby.” — Kay Cannon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grant Heslov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-heslov/writing-a-screenplay-is-like-writing-a-big-puzzle-and-so-the-hardest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/grant-heslov-21727_big_writing-a-screenplay-is-like-writing-a-b_2407332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/grant-heslov-21727_big_writing-a-screenplay-is-like-writing-a-b_2407332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/grant-heslov-21727_big_writing-a-screenplay-is-like-writing-a-b_2407332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.” — Grant Heslov", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you're writing a screenplay, it's like you're dreaming the film for yourself again and again and again until it becomes almost like a memory before you make it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greta Gerwig" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-gerwig/when-you-re-writing-a-screenplay-it-s-like-you-re-dreaming-the-film/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/greta-gerwig-2602_memory_when-you-re-writing-a-screenplay-it-s-li_858583.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/greta-gerwig-2602_memory_when-you-re-writing-a-screenplay-it-s-li_858583.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/greta-gerwig-2602_memory_when-you-re-writing-a-screenplay-it-s-li_858583.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you're writing a screenplay, it's like you're dreaming the film for yourself again and again and again…” — Greta Gerwig", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Writing a screenplay is like climbing a mountain. 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I was like a person who had fought dragons and lost limbs and crawled through swamps and now, finally, the castle was visible. I could see tiny children waving flags on the balcony; all I had to do was walk across a field to get to them. But all of a sudden I was very, very sleepy. And the children couldn't believe their eyes as I folded down to my knees and fell to the ground face-first, with my eyes open. Motionless, I watched ants hurry in and out of a hole and I knew that standing up again would be a thousand times harder than the dragon or the swamp and so I did not even try. 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