Writing a screenplay, I'm like, "All I'm responsible for is that final script, and I take great effort and pride in that."… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
The way you write dialogue is the same whether you're writing for movies or TV or games. We use movie scriptwriting software… — Sam Lake Copy Share Image
. . . I have written a couple of screenplays for studios, and each time has been less gratifying than the last.… — Craig Lucas Copy Share Image
When I switched to screenplays - 'cause I had done musicals and plays - the first assignment in film school was, you… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
I've started movies without screenplays both on 'Clash' and on 'Hulk,' and that is tremendously stressful because you have a tendency to… — Louis Leterrier 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
I don't think Roger Ebert has ever mentioned a screenplay. He assigns every auctorial move to the director, which makes some sense… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I always try and bring screenplay, shooting and editing into a sort of symbiotic - as close into alignment as you possibly… — Paul Greengrass Copy Share Image
I have completed and uncompleted screenplays, but they both fall into the category of “unsold.” I've seen quite a few movies where… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“Screenplays are structure, and that’s all they are. The quality of writing—which is crucial in almost every other form of literature—is not… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
What makes screenplays difficult are the things that require the most discipline and care and are just not seen by most people.… — Robert Towne Copy Share Image
The reason I shift gears constantly, why I'm doing an opera, why I've done essays, why I've written poetry for years that… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
In books, you can just wallow in dialogue, and you can just wallow in written words. In screenplays, every line has to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've wanted to make a film about French youth since I went to Cannes with my first film 'Kids' in 1995 ...… — Larry Clark Copy Share Image
Scrivener is where I live. I'm planning the next novel, two screenplays and a couple of short stories with it and it's… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“It’s easier for me to make sense of it that way than it is for me to face the other way—reality. And… — Tim Cummings Copy Share Image
It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it,… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
By the time someone gave me some samples of standard screenplays I was already beyond that stuff, because I was not only… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation. In this play, I had a strong main character… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
“[Over breakfast] We discussed the 'novelisation' question. This is where the studio pay someone to novelise my script and sell it as… — Emma Thompson 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
Everything has been for the [President] election for the last couple of months. Since the Democratic National Convention, it's been a dead… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
We now live in a world both in film and television where everything is based on something. You point out, "Star Wars"… — Alfred Gough Copy Share Image
End production today. Wrap party as usual a little sad. Slow danced with Scarlett. Broke her toe. Not my fault. When she… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I am a prolific writer and turn my hand, with what seems to some as indecent haste, from novels to screenplays… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
You write a screenplay and then everybody is going to want to get in on it and we have to figure that… — Craig Brewer Copy Share Image
There have been 15 or 16 screenplays over the years, including one by me, but none of them has gotten made because… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share Image
Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
To be honest, I don't usually do very much research, especially if I'm working with a director who also wrote the screenplay.… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
I've come to view screenwriting assignments as playwriting grants, because they provide a considerable financial cushion. However, they can also be extremely… — Donald Margulies Copy Share Image
What's funny is that with my comedies I don't believe they're my best screenplays necessarily. They're just the ones that I wrote… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
I definitely want to do more movies, and I'm also a writer, so I have a few screenplays that I'm working on,… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into… — Nate Corddry Copy Share Image
I'm completely surrounded, not only my father, but also my three brothers, and Sergio, my husband, all four of them work in… — Lucia Puenzo 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've done some stuff with Thomas Jane and Tim Bradstreet in the comic world and it was interesting to me how close… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
Once, I optioned a novel and tried to do a screenplay on it, which was great fun, but I was too respectful.… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
![“It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it, and I realized I hadn't read the play. So I read it. Then I realized that Troy (my character) was 53 - and I was 55 at the time. I realized I better hurry up! I…” quote by Denzel Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/denzel-washington-1345_august_it-just-happened-that-we-did-fences-seve_1828104.jpg)
![“[Over breakfast] We discussed the 'novelisation' question. This is where the studio pay someone to novelise my script and sell it as Sense and Sensibility . I've said if this happens I will hang myself. Revolting notion. Beyond revolting. Lindsay [Doran] said that the executive she had discussed…” quote by Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/emma-thompson-3232_cheapness_over-breakfast-we-discussed-the-novelisa_3042528.jpg)
![“Everything has been for the [President] election for the last couple of months. Since the Democratic National Convention, it's been a dead run to get out as much content as possible and do as much as possible. Then, I go back to writing the screenplay I was working on, which is an original piece…” quote by Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/joss-whedon-480_conventions_everything-has-been-for-the-president-el_2977852.png)
![“Since I worked with Danny Boyle before on Slumdog Millionaire, we have great success and everything. So, when I first got the script and the screenplay of Simon (Beaufoy) and I was reading it, even before the shoot, some kind of sounds came into my mind and I put some stuff [down] and sent it to…” quote by A. R. Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/a-r-rahman-4481_cutting_since-i-worked-with-danny-boyle-before-o_539.png)
