--- title: "4 Max D. Adams Quotes - Famous Screenwriter" description: "American screenwriter... | Max D. Adams is an American screenwriter and author. The winner of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an Austin Film F..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-max-d-adams-65249.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Max D. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-max-d-adams-65249.jpg) # Max D. Adams Screenwriter **4** quotes in **32** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Max D. Adams is a screenwriter. ## Quick Facts About Max D. Adams Profession Screenwriter ## About Max D. Adams American screenwriter... \| Max D. Adams is an American screenwriter and author. The winner of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an Austin Film Festival screenwriting award early in her career, Adams went on to be dubbed “Red Hot Adams” by Daily Variety. ## Quotes by Max D. Adams > [in Hollywood, everyone wants what someone else wants. It's like a law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-d-adams/in-hollywood-everyone-wants-what-someone-else-wants-it-s-like-a-law/) [Max D. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-d-adams/) [Hollywood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hollywood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/max-d-adams-65249_hollywood_in-hollywood-everyone-wants-what-someone_1193963.jpg) > [the only real rule I know in writing is, Don't be boring. Sleeping people don't read a word you write or hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-d-adams/the-only-real-rule-i-know-in-writing-is-don-t-be-boring-sleeping/) [Max D. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-d-adams/) [Boring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boring/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/max-d-adams-65249_boring_the-only-real-rule-i-know-in-writing-is_1926964.jpg) > [taste is like a sense of humor. I never met a person who didn't think they had one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-d-adams/taste-is-like-a-sense-of-humor-i-never-met-a-person-who-didn-t-think/) [Max D. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-d-adams/) [Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/max-d-adams-65249_humor_taste-is-like-a-sense-of-humor-i-never-m_2106340.jpg) > [We are 'writers,' we are not supposed to be interested in filthy lucre, we are supposed to be starry eyed artistes. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-d-adams/we-are-writers-we-are-not-supposed-to-be-interested-in-filthy-lucre/) [Max D. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-d-adams/) [Caught](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caught/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/max-d-adams-65249_caught_we-are-writers-we-are-not-supposed-to-be_2849373.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-d-adams/#itemlist", "name": "Max D. Adams Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "in Hollywood, everyone wants what someone else wants. It's like a law.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Max D. 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