Lorene Scafaria

What do they call it, Y.O.L.A., you only live once? I think people are sort of gravitating towards that.

— Lorene Scafaria

There's this part of Judaism that I like. Tikun Alum. It said that the world is broken into pieces and everyone has…

— Lorene Scafaria

No I don't really write thinking about specific actors because it can get in the way a little bit.

— Lorene Scafaria

I've been obsessed with doomsday for a long time - the idea that different cultures respond to it differently, and religions will…

— Lorene Scafaria

Routine is part of coping.

— Lorene Scafaria

I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I…

— Lorene Scafaria

The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time.

— Lorene Scafaria

Since when does a queen need an excuse to sing?

— Lorene Scafaria

Most of my nightmares that jolt me awake either involve the cosmos or something completely out of human control. In reality, I…

— Lorene Scafaria

In the '90s there were these great end of the world movies like 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact'... I always liked the idea…

— Lorene Scafaria

I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in…

— Lorene Scafaria

We didn't miss it. This is it. C'mon. You wanna go home?

— Lorene Scafaria

No texting. What happens then? Good old-fashioned letters.

— Lorene Scafaria

For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore.

— Lorene Scafaria

Make the movie your way. Surround yourself with people who know more than you.

— Lorene Scafaria

Work harder than everybody. Read scripts, watch movies. Help other writers, it makes you better. And probably move to L.A.

— Lorene Scafaria

Allow yourself to feel things. Admit when you're wrong.

— Lorene Scafaria

I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important.

— Lorene Scafaria

I'm from Jersey, so I have a love of T.G.I. Friday's and chain restaurants in general. When you go to a Friday's,…

— Lorene Scafaria

I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has…

— Lorene Scafaria

Don't compromise when you're right.

— Lorene Scafaria

I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important. There's something…

— Lorene Scafaria

Actors want to work. Give them characters they want to play, or a story they want to tell, and hopefully the budget…

— Lorene Scafaria

I liked to think I had written 'scripts' when I was in high school, but looking back at them, they were about…

— Lorene Scafaria

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director…

— Lorene Scafaria