Screenplays Quotes · Page 9

If you write a screenplay that gets circulated, you have a bigger readership than any literary novelist. And it's an educated audience…

— William Monahan

When you only hang out with performers, you start to feel like movies and TV and comedy is everything. Especially being in…

— Gillian Jacobs

It's intuitive in terms of when I read a piece of material or I hear about a project. I'm a writer, so…

— Matt Damon

In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or…

— James Patterson

Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.

— Max von Sydow

I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even…

— Robert Evans

I try to only work on the screenplays for a few hours a day when I'm in my most voluble mood, just…

— Daniel Clowes

I love Hap and Leonard and plan to write more about them, but not exclusively about them. I have always worked in…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I don't write [screenplay character] biographies beforehand. I usually go in knowing some sequences: this is where I want to start, this…

— John Sayles

If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for…

— Quentin Tarantino

I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.

— John Milius

In 2009, Scott Rudin sent me August's [Wilson] original screenplay [Fences] and asked me what I wanted to do with it. He…

— Denzel Washington

I loved the tone and the characters. They're all very different and they're all very typical for their time. When you read…

— Lone Scherfig

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry.

— Evangeline Lilly

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living…

— Sasha Alexander

I've learned to sell my music, I've learned to direct, I've written screenplays... All of this fulfilled my artistic needs but also…

— Robby Benson

Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation…

— Akira Kurosawa

Those writers that have zero say in their movie adaptations have zero say because they sell it. If you don't sell it,…

— Stephen Chbosky

What I found interesting writing a screenplay as opposed to writing a novel is not the obvious thing, which is having to…

— Salman Rushdie

“I leave the kitchen table to bathe, and to dress for church. If only my closet held on its shelves an array…

— Tim Cummings

I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing…

— Charlie Kaufman

He [Taika Watiti] worked on this screenplay for a couple of years and just getting it right and the result is there.…

— Rhys Darby

Usually, when special effects get in the way, it's because the story isn't strong enough. If you don't start with a strong…

— Ridley Scott

I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.

— Diablo Cody

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

— Tom Hardy