TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constantly writing. 'Twilight' had almost… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
That was, in writing the 'Twilight' script I had about five weeks to write that. I'd taken about a month to write… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you're writing you're constantly fighting demons to sit down and do what you do. If you listen to the voices outside… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
In 'Twilight,' you're setting up the world. You're introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn't… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The only kind of film I want to write is a story where I can keep on seeing the stories play out.… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
TV is very much my first love. I love this world. It's where writers have the most creative control, and I just… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
With 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter,' we as a group of writers had to take a rather thin novel and spread it out over… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The film industry sees the writer as fungible: The thinking goes, As long as we have Brad Pitt and all this money,… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I think going into 'New Moon,' I knew the characters better. I knew the world better and I knew the actors who… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any age group, I just write… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I love Charlie, Billy Burke's character. Writing for him is so spectacular, he's so funny and wry and every scene he's in… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I have been working in television for quite a long time. In television, the writer is the constant, and the director is… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Bill Condon, I must say, may have been one of the best professional experiences of my life, collaborating with him. He, himself,… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight,' although I got some in there. That was… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Because I work in television, I always knew that I loved working with writers. It's very collaborative. You're always in a room… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
TV is the place for writers to live. This is where you have creative control and you're constantly writing. 'Twilight' had almost a TV… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
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 a craft… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Women, in general, are very passionate fans, and that's what you love about them. — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
That was, in writing the 'Twilight' script I had about five weeks to write that. I'd taken about a month to write the outline… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you're writing you're constantly fighting demons to sit down and do what you do. If you listen to the voices outside your head,… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Showrunning is not a one-man job; it's literally impossible to do for one person. I have learned the hard way now from two seasons,… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What I want is to be the highest grossing screenwriter, or to have some other woman be the highest grossing screenwriter, instead of being… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
In 'Twilight,' you're setting up the world. You're introducing the world, and I was also writing in a vacuum because I didn't know who… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. Obviously, it's a challenge - but… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I got so lucky on my 'Red Widow' cast. It was just the universe looking out for me that I got those actors. It's… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks romance. I think women's roles have… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
