I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on… — Satyajit Ray 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
About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
Doing TV shows helps me a lot in my screenplay writing and filmmaking, especially since my TV shows are in different formats:… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
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 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
What I found interesting writing a screenplay as opposed to writing a novel is not the obvious thing, which is having to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I was in Los Angeles making 'Dead Again' and the producer, Lindsay Doran , asked me if I'd be interested in adapting… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Actually, screenplays were much more detailed than what I did in the book In the book I had to invent a style… — Paul Auster 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
Sometimes you get involved in a film because you just love making movies and you want to keep working. Sometimes you're lucky… — Renny Harlin 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
There's one massive problem with coming from writing novels into screenplays that I've discovered over the years, which is that you've got… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I had written eight drafts of the Lemony Snicket' screenplay when this changing-of-the-guard thing happened, and I said to the new producers,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I play Edward G. Robinson [in Trumbo], who was a close friend and a co-worker of Dalton's [Trumbo]. They worked together on… — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
I wrote one terrible manuscript after another for a decade and I guess they gradually got a little less terrible. But there… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Natural writers will often try to force themselves into a form - novel, story, screenplay, or poem - that is not necessarily… — Robert Olen Butler Copy Share Image
I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
There comes a time as you continue to write and work on scripts and screenplays where you realize that you have opinions… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
One of the things about writing a novel is you can do it any way you want. It's your voice that's important… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
L.A.: where there's never weather, and walking is a crime. L.A.: where the streetlights and palm trees go on forever, where darkness… — Ian Shoales Copy Share Image
The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
My cure for writer's block is to step away from the thing I'm stuck on, usually a novel, and write something totally… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Films are born from screenplays and they are guided by words. They are born very limited and there is no space for… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
My first book, about Ruby Ridge, was made into a miniseries on CBS in 1996, and since then, I've dabbled in Hollywood,… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
I counted it up once. I think I have written 45 full screenplays. Of those, maybe 15 have been shot, in some… — John August Copy Share Image
![“I play Edward G. Robinson [in Trumbo], who was a close friend and a co-worker of Dalton's [Trumbo]. They worked together on at least one or two screenplays. A lot of these stories take famous people and show you who they are behind the scenes, which is kind of fun. One of the things about getting…” quote by Michael Stuhlbarg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/michael-stuhlbarg-12244_behind-the-scenes_i-play-edward-g-robinson-in-trumbo-who-w_2468890.jpg)
![“The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had a meeting with Brad [Pitt], just around the time that he was making World War Z. I basically told him the story and said, "This is what I want to do," and he really responded, so that…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/steven-knight-2205_able_the-time-came-where-i-was-able-to-write_1110760.jpg)
![“I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself. I have a good time sitting here by myself, thinking up situations and characters, getting them to talk - it's so satisfying. But screenwriting's different…” quote by Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/elmore-leonard-3471_adaptation_i-ve-quit-writing-screenplay-adaptations_2640851.jpg)
