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title: "11 Way Quotes By Shane Black"
description: "11 Way quotes by Shane Black. Plus more from Shane Black and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-only-way-you-can-stay-on-top-is-to-remember-to-touch-bottom-and/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/shane-black-7829_back-to-basics_the-only-way-you-can-stay-on-top-is-to-r_18940.png)

> [You can just start writing, but you're gonna go off on 10 or 12 starts and weird tangents, and yeah you'll have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/you-can-just-start-writing-but-you-re-gonna-go-off-on-10-or-12-starts/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/shane-black-7829_fishes_you-can-just-start-writing-but-you-re-go_1011417.png)

> [I think about the audience in the sense that I serve as my own audience. I have to please myself the way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-think-about-the-audience-in-the-sense-that-i-serve-as-my-own/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/shane-black-7829_audience_i-think-about-the-audience-in-the-sense_1707562.png)

> [The reason I took on directing a film myself was because, no matter how skilful a director was or how much I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-reason-i-took-on-directing-a-film-myself-was-because-no-matter/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/shane-black-7829_cinema_the-reason-i-took-on-directing-a-film-my_3161196.png)

> [You can win more arguments then you might think as a writer, even though you legally have no recourse, and your script…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/you-can-win-more-arguments-then-you-might-think-as-a-writer-even/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/shane-black-7829_altered_you-can-win-more-arguments-then-you-migh_547057.png)

> [I do think the challenge, in a way for me, is to write a narrative film and when you finish watching it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-do-think-the-challenge-in-a-way-for-me-is-to-write-a-narrative-film-2/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/shane-black-7829_also_i-do-think-the-challenge-in-a-way-for-me_2088046.png)

> [If you're doing something on an interesting scale that involves an entire universe of characters, one way to unite them is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/if-you-re-doing-something-on-an-interesting-scale-that-involves-an/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/shane-black-7829_character_if-you-re-doing-something-on-an-interest_3110261.png)

> [Probably my favorite piece of music, as an album taken as a whole, is Bruce Springsteen's 'Greetings from Asbury Park.' I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/probably-my-favorite-piece-of-music-as-an-album-taken-as-a-whole-is/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/shane-black-7829_album_probably-my-favorite-piece-of-music-as-a_1999913.png)

> [It sometimes is better to write in a more directed, focused way when the pages are aimed at something already, a mission…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/it-sometimes-is-better-to-write-in-a-more-directed-focused-way-when/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/shane-black-7829_concepts_it-sometimes-is-better-to-write-in-a-mor_1406235.png)

> [I do think the challenge, in a way for me, is to write a narrative film and when you finish watching it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-do-think-the-challenge-in-a-way-for-me-is-to-write-a-narrative-film/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/shane-black-7829_challenges_i-do-think-the-challenge-in-a-way-for-me_1239618.jpg)

> [Sometimes I'll have a scene that strikes me, I just feel like writing a scene, a mini-story that seems like it might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/sometimes-i-ll-have-a-scene-that-strikes-me-i-just-feel-like-writing/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/shane-black-7829_backbone_sometimes-i-ll-have-a-scene-that-strikes_2763185.png)

## Other authors on Way

## More by Shane Black

> [Going to UCLA, as far as I'm concerned, afforded me two things. One was the advantage of meeting friends and getting to know a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/going-to-ucla-as-far-as-i-m-concerned-afforded-me-two-things-one-was/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-only-way-you-can-stay-on-top-is-to-remember-to-touch-bottom-and/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [Here's what I didn't know when I was starting out that I now know…I thought when you were starting out it was really hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/here-s-what-i-didn-t-know-when-i-was-starting-out-that-i-now-know-i/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-always-have-humour-in-my-action-movies-i-think-characters-that-make/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [You have to keep surprising your audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/you-have-to-keep-surprising-your-audience/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [For years I was doing the excruciating weightlifting of writing scripts - but then I stayed thin and someone else got all the muscles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/for-years-i-was-doing-the-excruciating-weightlifting-of-writing/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I wanted at one point to act, which is a weird thing for men to want to do. It's a very vain profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-wanted-at-one-point-to-act-which-is-a-weird-thing-for-men-to-want/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there's no differentiation between beats,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/the-worst-of-the-action-films-are-the-ones-where-everything-is-one/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I'm the kid in school who always, you know, got the straight A's. I got to be that, you know, alpha aggressive work-ethic guy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-m-the-kid-in-school-who-always-you-know-got-the-straight-a-s-i-got/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I felt that in a way, I hated the writing process so much. It's excruciating, as I'm sure you know, and so lonely being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-felt-that-in-a-way-i-hated-the-writing-process-so-much-it-s/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/an-action-movie-should-like-any-other-follow-the-narrative-traditions/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/once-i-started-selling-scripts-for-a-great-deal-of-money-action/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [When you are making a lot of money people forget you are trying to be creative and they picture you laughing all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/when-you-are-making-a-lot-of-money-people-forget-you-are-trying-to-be/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [I've read a thousand private-eye novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-ve-read-a-thousand-private-eye-novels/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

> [An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/an-action-film-can-have-too-much-action-picture-an-equaliser-on-a/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

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