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> [It's really hard to write a screenplay, it's nauseating. All those great writers that tried to write screenplays, they couldn't do it, most of them - John Faulkner, whoever, Aldous Huxley.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/it-s-really-hard-to-write-a-screenplay-it-s-nauseating-all-those/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

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## More by Hampton Fancher

> [It's really hard to write a screenplay, it's nauseating. All those great writers that tried to write screenplays, they couldn't do it, most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/it-s-really-hard-to-write-a-screenplay-it-s-nauseating-all-those/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [I tried to write things, but they were so ridiculous and stupid and impossible and I had not a clue what they were, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/i-tried-to-write-things-but-they-were-so-ridiculous-and-stupid-and/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [I don't mean to talk so much about screenplay writing. Who wants to talk about screenplay writing? I've taught it and I felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/i-don-t-mean-to-talk-so-much-about-screenplay-writing-who-wants-to/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [I guess the freedom - poetic freedom - because the poetic part of short story form is an attempt to say something that's unsayable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/i-guess-the-freedom-poetic-freedom-because-the-poetic-part-of-short/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [Life is sinister. I don't know if I am representing life exactly, but sinister, I think it has to do with dreams. You're dreaming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/life-is-sinister-i-don-t-know-if-i-am-representing-life-exactly-but/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [Preston Sturges, who wrote The Palm Beach Story, said screenplay writing is architecture. That's why it's so rare to read one that's any good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/preston-sturges-who-wrote-the-palm-beach-story-said-screenplay/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/i-wonder-if-these-editors-why-they-re-not-writers-sometimes-because/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [Hollywood's always saying, "Yesterday!" and scares you to death with all that deadline and yelling and impatience stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/hollywood-s-always-saying-yesterday-and-scares-you-to-death-with-all/)

[Hampton Fancher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hampton-fancher/)

> [I went to LA because my parents were there and somebody asked me if I wanted to be in a movie. It was easy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hampton-fancher/i-went-to-la-because-my-parents-were-there-and-somebody-asked-me-if-i/)

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