As a screenwriter and a half-Jew, I tend to look at the glass half-empty. — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible. — Eric Roth Copy Share Image
You don't get to be a good screenwriter unless you do 20, 30 drafts: fact. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I see myself maybe being, like, a movie producer or screenwriter or a novelist or a scientist or mathematician. — Jazz Jennings Copy Share Image
We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife. — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
Being a screenwriter for a comedy, you're writing for characters in them in their voice. I could write anyone. — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
I have always aspired to be a writer, be it as an author or a screenwriter, whatever the medium. — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a… — Ben Richards Copy Share Image
I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter. — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director… — Lorene Scafaria Copy Share Image
I'm an affluent screenwriter and all that - I'm a known screenwriter, but I'm not in the fraternity of the very, very… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do.… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Harmony Korine, the screenwriter, was really into my early work. I did a lot of stuff under the name Sentridoh and a… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
“Silence of the Lambs screenwriter Ted Tally put the art of writing dialogue succinctly: ‘What’s important is not the emotion they’re playing… — John Yorke Copy Share Image
If you keep thinking about putting on a conference or being a Hollywood screenwriter, and you find the idea terrifies but intrigues… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
What I want is to be the highest grossing screenwriter, or to have some other woman be the highest grossing screenwriter, instead… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
As a screenwriter I'm often writing in genres where there have been thousands of movies; whereas when I direct movies they tend… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Even though I am in this weird position of being a semi-recognizable screenwriter, which isn't that common, at the same time, I'm… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was 26, so I don't even know what year that was. I wrote a script for me… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. I spent… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I often say that a lot of my job, as a screenwriter, is sort of being a stock picker, in that I… — John August Copy Share Image
A lot of college graduates approach me about becoming screenwriters. I tell them, 'Do not become a screenwriter, become a journalist,' because… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I think screenwriter Steve Kloves does such a difficult job. And he does a bloody brilliant job, too. Transferring these Harry Potter… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
When you're a screenwriter working on a film, you're not really even welcome on set, even if you know... When I wrote… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit… — Amy Holden Jones Copy Share Image
Pictures are written, acted, directed, photographed, edited, scored and all that. The screenwriter determines what scenes are in and what scenes are… — Ernest Lehman Copy Share Image
“Actually having sex with a screenwriter typically led to a blockbuster.” — Marshall Thornton Copy Share Image
