Screenplays Quotes · Page 7

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

I'm a film guy. I love it. When I read the screenplay, I knew that there would be no HD camera that…

— Deon Taylor

Writing screenplays is not my business. I've written half a dozen, and maybe half of those were made. But it was never…

— Elmore Leonard

The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had…

— Steven Knight

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays

— Beth Henley

A great screenplay is the most powerful bait in Hollywood.

— Sissy Spacek

The secret to writing a screenplay is keeping your ass in the chair.

— Oliver Stone

I wrote several screenplays over the years to really polish my craft and learn from my mistakes.

— Gabriel Campisi

Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

— Paul Schrader

Its much like writing a screenplay with someone else and thats how we view it, I think.

— Christopher Darden

There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise.

— Robert McKee

I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

— Rachel Griffiths

I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those…

— Bruce Vilanch

I'm quite spontaneous in my decisions often. Your career is kind of what happens whilst you're busy developing other screenplays, and so…

— Joe Wright

The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for…

— Barry Eisler

In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.

— Albert Brooks

If it isn’t for the writing, we’ve got nothing. Writers are the most important people in Hollywood. And we must never let…

— Irving Thalberg

The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began…

— Charles Martin Smith

I do have screenplays I've written that never saw the light of day, but I don't usually go back to them. When…

— Joss Whedon

I simply asked if I could have a go at adapting a screenplay. But I did not want any money, in case…

— Ben Affleck

Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don't think about the big picture. It's more fun for me to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that…

— Kerry Washington

I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and…

— Daniel Clowes

You always have three movies that you have to reduce into one. You have the screenplay. And then, you do a workshop…

— Louis Leterrier

There have been screenwriters who I'm sure would gladly kill me, because I've been very fast and loose with their work, because…

— Sam Mendes

Well, I kind of approach both of them similarly in (that) I always see it as a movie first because that's my…

— Michael Landon, Jr

I've always said that movies are kind of like love affairs. Two people come together, and if they're at the right place…

— Robert Zemeckis

David Mamet we all know is a great screenplay writer and playwright and a great director. If you like him, you like…

— Tom Hardy

This particular one was very, very heartwarming and is the relationship of an older man and a young boy that are essentially…

— Rhys Darby

I did it [photojournalism] as something that was really rewarding to do, given the opportunity to express myself about something I cared…

— Curtis Hanson

I love babies. I think they are beautiful in all sorts of different ways. I try to pick up and hold a…

— Michael Scott

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays. It's more that…

— Charlie Kaufman

The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

— Robert Schwentke

I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.

— Alexander Payne

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

— Ridley Scott

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

— Grant Heslov

I write a number of screenplays, and I've never really come up with a part for a movie star.

— Andrew Dominik

There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.

— Quentin Tarantino

If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

— Philippe Falardeau

Film isn't a meritocracy; there's no system ensuring the best screenplays get produced. It's a hustle.

— Jon Ronson