I get all these screenplays that start 'Tawnya is in the shower. The water streams down her naked, perky breasts'. I don't… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
In some ways, a novel isn't as structurally rigorous as a screenplay or a TV show, which have finite real estate. In… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I've always been kind of drawn to the extremities of human nature. I wrote my first screenplay when I was 16. The… — Veena Sud Copy Share Image
If I know what my finale is when I'm writing a screenplay, then I don't always have to chart out every scene… — David Twohy Copy Share Image
It takes a very long time to read a script. I'll look at a script, but there are so many scripts. I… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that...you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And… — Michael Arndt 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
To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast. — Dito Montiel Copy Share Image
Lonesome Dove is a great book that had the rare fortune of being made into a great movie. And now, through Bill… — Stephen Harrigan Copy Share Image
All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide. — Brian Koppelman Copy Share Image
The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
A book is maybe about 350 pages, and the prose allows for readers to get a glimpse into the internal lives of… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I'm very keen. Adaptations of other people's work, too. I got fascinated by the adaptation process, so I think that'd be a… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I see everything visually. It's very visual for me. And so I think, from a plotting standpoint or what have you, there's… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
I could be just a writer very easily. I am not a writer. I am a screenwriter, which is half a filmmaker...… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
The movies are fun, but I'm a novelist. In many ways, screenwriting is much easier than writing novels. I find screenplays twenty… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I love the students - they are remarkable, inspiring people. I would miss teaching if I stopped doing it. The kind of… — Donald Margulies 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
