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India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts. — Anurag Kashyap Copy Share Image
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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
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
Many actors in films are willing to go to Broadway, and screenwriters are writing plays. It's almost commonplace. — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
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My parents were screenwriters, and they had four daughters and we all write. So that's amazing. Talk about powerful parents. My mother… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
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Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Don’t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
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When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements. — Ayn Rand 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
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