Truth like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. — Tom Schulman Copy Share Image
I was 21, when I heard the story that inspired this [thriller Allied], and I wasn't even a screenwriter then. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
If you're just creative, you'll always have to rely on technical people. If you're creative and technical, you're unstoppable. — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
One of our jobs as screenwriters is to never lose sight of the character. — Christopher Markus Copy Share Image
A screenwriter is much like being a fire hydrant with a bunch of dogs lined up around it. — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Many actors in films are willing to go to Broadway, and screenwriters are writing plays. It's almost commonplace. — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
A lot of screenwriters write certain characters, certain parts, with actors in mind. I don't really tend to do that. I describe… — Travis Beacham 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
When things aren't working out, screenwriters have a tendency to say, "Go do other things," but you shouldn't do other things. You… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
When you're a screenwriter, it's like being a mechanic. You open the hood of the story, the director is the driver, and… — Thomas Bidegain 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
From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story.… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling, and trying… — Paul Greengrass Copy Share Image
Guy Ritchie is the worst screenwriter in the world, but, to be fair, he is not the worst director. He is only… — Mick LaSalle 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
If you've got craft, you got game. If you got game, you can write your way in and out of anything. Writing… — Robert Mark Kamen Copy Share Image
We always for better or worse try to put on paper what's going up on screen - whether we're directing it or… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
In the neighborhood around Waseda, there were all these movie theaters, so every morning I left the house and watched movies instead… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
“As I've often observed and remarked: the most gifted screenwriters can concoct believable monsters, deviants, heroes, regular-joes, atheists, agnostics, all sorts of… — Dan Phillips Copy Share Image
It's a tough time for screenwriters right now, because fewer movies are getting made. I'm enjoying television so much. It offers opportunities… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
“Today, names of screenwriters like Zoe Akins, Jeanie Macpherson, Beulah Marie Dix, Lenore Coffee, Anita Loos, June Mathis, Bess Meredyth, Jane Murfin,… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
Relative to the power that movie stars have, and producers and directors, I would say that even the most respected screenwriters have… — Robert Towne 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
India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts. — Anurag Kashyap Copy Share Image
We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice. — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point. — Paul Thomas Anderson Copy Share Image
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