It's interesting to think that my children know more about the process than many mature critics. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I'm not very precious at all, which I think people find surprising. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Out of all of the Star Trek movies, I happen to like the most recent one the best. I think it was… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I always write as I like to write, and I've been thinking about it because I honestly didn't realize how different my… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think that scripts should be published, but they are published, really, because when you're a screenwriter, your stuff ends up in… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I was always entirely about work, about getting where I am now. If I'm not working I'm thinking about it, though at… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I didn't have anything to do with selecting IFC. I don't have anything to do with distribution, or business, or marketing, but… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think the only real referent for anybody writing drama is probably Hamlet. You have the most extreme tragic drama, this sort… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think that gambling is a synthetic experience and that if you have any balls you gamble with your life. I have.… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think probably everybody works most on the beginning and the ending. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
When I was young I was only thinking of writing, and whatever was going on was unreal and comparatively unimportant. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
If TV seems improved, I think it's been enhanced by violence and sex permissible on cable, as well as better cinematography, but… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I don't think you need $35 million bucks to make a movie. I think what people should do is make a lot… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I had a long writing history behind me before I got into anything in film. It comprehended science fiction, it comprehended historical,… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
You just have to know what you want and what you're doing and it leads to a kind of general well-being, which… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I don't think Roger Ebert has ever mentioned a screenplay. He assigns every auctorial move to the director, which makes some sense… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I had a guy at the Groucho bar clawing at my arm nearly in tears saying that until he saw The Departed… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
“I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in London there was just something about the light and there's something about the way London went onto film… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think the only real referent for anybody writing drama is probably Hamlet. You have the most extreme tragic drama, this sort of blood-boltered… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
If you need someone to come out of the sewer with a wire you don't hire someone who needs laborious collective instruction. You let… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
In reviewing films, people get quite liberal about saying "the script" this and "the script" that, when they've never read the script any more… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
The era I love most is the Federal period, just after the Revolution and the formation of the United States. The birth of America… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn't obvious in the first draft you're… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
If you see, as I do, in edited film, you're going to end up as a director. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I wanted to do London Boulevard because I saw the potential of a story about two people who need each other desperately, who love… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Poetry died as a commercial form and then it died as a serious art form. No one serious touches it. It used to be… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
![“I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of god. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. What God desires is here [mind] and here [heart] and what you…” quote by William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e0/william-monahan-3226_every-day_i-put-no-stock-in-religion-by-the-word-r_8215.jpg)
