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title: "21 Write Screenplays Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Write Screenplays quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Write Screenplays sayings and thoughts."
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> [I write screenplays in the middle of the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-write-screenplays-in-the-middle-of-the-night/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kara-hayward/i-think-i-would-like-to-write-screenplays-books-really-anything/)

[Kara Hayward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kara-hayward/)

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> [Most film directors do not come up with their own subjects or write their own screenplays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-harrison/most-film-directors-do-not-come-up-with-their-own-subjects-or-write/)

[Thomas Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-harrison/)

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> [Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lucas/although-i-write-screenplays-i-don-t-think-i-m-a-very-good-writer/)

[George Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lucas/)

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> [I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-kaufman/i-actually-think-i-m-probably-more-interested-in-structure-than-most/)

[Charlie Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-kaufman/)

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> [My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-bob-thornton/my-songs-aren-t-built-around-choruses-or-hooks-or-anything-like-that/)

[Billy Bob Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-bob-thornton/)

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> [When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-russo/when-authors-who-write-literary-fiction-begin-to-write-screenplays/)

[Richard Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-russo/)

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> [I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-kaufman/i-think-of-myself-as-a-guy-who-tries-to-write-screenplays-and-now-has/)

[Charlie Kaufman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-kaufman/)

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> [I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-carruth/i-don-t-read-books-on-how-to-write-screenplays-just-because-i-m/)

[Shane Carruth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-carruth/)

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> [The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-martin-smith/the-idea-of-directing-was-something-that-i-always-had-in-the-back-of/)

[Charles Martin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-martin-smith/)

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> [I write screenplays that don't get made and pilots that don't get picked up, and I re-write other people's movies, and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-vilanch/i-write-screenplays-that-don-t-get-made-and-pilots-that-don-t-get/)

[Bruce Vilanch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-vilanch/)

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> [Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. I'm very interested in studying cultures and social issues, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lucas/although-i-write-screenplays-i-don-t-think-i-m-a-very-good-writer-i-m/)

[George Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lucas/)

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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,…](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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> [I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-rosenberg/i-don-t-assume-because-i-can-write-screenplays-that-i-know-how-to/)

[Melissa Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-rosenberg/)

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> [I don't want to write any more screenplays, I'll tell you that right now. It's a waste of time. You've got too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-don-t-want-to-write-any-more-screenplays-i-ll-tell-you-that-right/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

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> [Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/stand-up-life-is-really-hard-at-one-point-i-got-so-paralyzed-i-could/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I do not think I will ever write screenplays based on my books. I would not know what to cut out and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-subramanian/i-do-not-think-i-will-ever-write-screenplays-based-on-my-books-i/)

[Ravi Subramanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-subramanian/)

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> [Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-damon/being-known-as-a-writer-did-change-the-relationships-i-had-with/)

[Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-damon/)

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> [When people asked me what I was going to do when I grow up, I always said, 'I'm going to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-wilson/when-people-asked-me-what-i-was-going-to-do-when-i-grow-up-i-always/)

[Mara Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-wilson/)

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> [The way you write dialogue is the same whether you're writing for movies or TV or games. We use movie scriptwriting software…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-lake/the-way-you-write-dialogue-is-the-same-whether-you-re-writing-for/)

[Sam Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-lake/)

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> [I found it was my good fortune to somehow be able to work in these forms that I loved when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-feiffer/i-found-it-was-my-good-fortune-to-somehow-be-able-to-work-in-these/)

[Jules Feiffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-feiffer/)

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