“people don't really want original stories. they want different versions of the same story. this is called meta-narrative.” — Chester Elijah Branch Copy Share Image
Scripts are what matter... if you get those foundations wrong, then you absolutely don’t stand a shot. — Tim Bevan Copy Share Image
I had always been interested in screenwriting, ever since I could write things down as a child. Obviously, I started as an… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
“Plays are nearly always about the consequences of events while films are usually about the events. The what-happens-next factor is essential in… — Richard Toscan Copy Share Image
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“[G]reat stories communicate simple truths that reflect the poetic dimensions of the human soul. Not only do powerful characters help us understand… — Kate Wright Copy Share Image
I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really… — Mara Brock Akil Copy Share Image
For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in… — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
I learned that you really don't have any control as a writer. Waah, waah, waah. Big deal. Unless you're the director on… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
As an actor going into screenwriting, I was able to understand what type of dialogue feels natural. A lot of the time,… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
I thought The Big Short deserved a nomination because Adam MacKay is one of the best filmmakers. A lot of what he… — Bun B Copy Share Image
I first came to cinema as a passionate filmgoer, when I was a child. Then, when I was a very young man,… — Dario Argento Copy Share Image
Screenwriting involves an often un-personal process. Co-writers, directors, producers, everyone has a say in what you put on a page, and stories… — Chiara Barzini Copy Share Image
I have a feeling the writers who find screenwriting difficult are usually just not lazy enough for the job. They don't know… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Screenwriting is definitely the majority of my time, but I do still act when stuff comes up. I do a few jobs… — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Screenwriting you don't necessarily have to do the job of the costume designer and the prop master and the set designer. It's… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
I was always writing stories, even as a kid. I always wanted to be in the plays and do that sort of… — Katie Wech Copy Share Image
For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what… — Justin Zackham Copy Share Image
I was a screenwriting major at Georgetown, and I was in class with some really strong writers like Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different. — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
In terms of screenwriting adaptations it's trying to cut out stuff that's extraneous, without doing damage to the original piece, because you… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I wanted to do screenwriting. That's what I went to school for, but my major was overfilled, and when I got 'The… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
The history of screenwriting - of what we do - is more than 100 years old. It's thousands of years old, going… — John Logan Copy Share Image
If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
I guess I considered myself just sort of a sketch comedian, you know? Actual screenwriting hadn't really occurred to me as a… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
I definitely divide my life into decades. Almost every ten years, something in my work life has changed. My twenties were my… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition,… — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
“You may initially find yourself at a point of re-convincing that there could be a positive twist, and that's okay. Suspense naturally… — Chinonye J. Chidolue Copy Share Image
Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting. — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
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