“Actually having sex with a screenwriter typically led to a blockbuster.” — Marshall Thornton Copy Share Image
Truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. — Tom Schulman Copy Share Image
If you're a good journalist, you can probably be a good screenwriter or novelist. That skillset travels. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words. — Steven Bochco Copy Share Image
I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
There's a place for art in the world, but it can't be at the top of the list for a working screenwriter. — Christopher Markus Copy Share Image
I consider my job as a screenwriter to pack a script with possibilities and ideas - to create a feast for the… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
As an author and a burgeoning screenwriter, the fact of the matter is I cannot do this alone. — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I definitely had some heated but extremely productive chats with screenwriter Justin Monjo, but while it's my story, it's their movie, so… — Yossi Ghinsberg Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think people need to prepare to be born at a certain time to be of age in keeping with coming… — Dax Snaer Copy Share Image
There is the cult of the actor and of the director, and there's even been the cult of the celebrity chef and… — Anthony McCarten Copy Share Image
As a screenwriter you're the towel boy in the whorehouse. I mean you know you're lucky if you're invited to set. It's… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
Part of my learning curve as a novice screenwriter was peeling back the layers and getting to the core of the story.… — Aurora Guerrero Copy Share Image
Beware 'good' main characters who have a limited repertory of culturally acceptable feelings, while your evil bastards have a full range of… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
A great trick that I learned having worked as a screenwriter for many years, the way screenwriters work, is they break the… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars' production companies, and… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
“Just watch any husband arguing with his wife about something insignificant; listen to what they say and watch how their residual emotions… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I think in my old age I've come to realize just how precious everything is and I try to value the many… — Phil Hartman 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
Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, 'How do we get to be a screenwriter?' I… — John Logan Copy Share Image
“One of the worst parts about working in entertainment is that there’s so much you’re expected to have seen. Oh, you’re a… — Jenny Trout Copy Share Image
My dad, who is a screenwriter, showed me all these great movies. He showed me 'E.T.' when I was 2-years-old, and I… — Finn Wolfhard Copy Share Image
I like writing dialog but don't think I'd be much good at a screenplay. I once had to write a treatment for… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
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
