I don't write [screenplay character] biographies beforehand. I usually go in knowing some sequences: this is where I want to start, this… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
If you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day. — John Sayles Copy Share Image
But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay of Pigs invasion in six pages once,… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I remember being out here at the Sunset Marquis, and whoever knocked on the door, I would take that picture that I… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
As a screenwriter I'm often writing in genres where there have been thousands of movies; whereas when I direct movies they tend… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I never actually do rehearsals. That's one of the reasons that I write those bios and if I can meet with the… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay of Pigs invasion in six pages once, and there… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
And it was out in the theaters in two weeks. This is not, 'We're going to develop twenty-five and maybe one's going to get… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and the costume designer comes and gives you choices and… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
“There is great literature about imprisonment, . . . about the foot soldier, . . . about the sea -- but not one great work about flying.” — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Sometimes people can't afford to work for you, or they're not interested or available, and you hate to have written the whole movie with… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
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