--- title: "3 Scott Frank Quotes - Famous Screenwriter (Buy low, rent smart, sell high)" description: "A. Scott Frank is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Frank has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Scree..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b189/author-scott-frank-80788.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Scott Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b189/author-scott-frank-80788.jpg) # Scott Frank (1960) Screenwriter United States **3** quotes in **39** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Scott Frank is a screenwriter from the United States, best known for *Buy low, rent smart, sell high*. ## Quick Facts About Scott Frank Born March 10, 1960 Nationality United States Profession Screenwriter Notable works Buy low, rent smart, sell high ## About Scott Frank A. Scott Frank is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Frank has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, the first for Out of Sight (1998) and the second for Logan (2017). His film work, credited and uncredited, extends to dozens of films. In recent years, he has worked for Netflix on television miniseries, most prominently writing and directing Godless, The Queen's Gambit and Dept. Q. ## Awards & Honors Edgar Awards Writers Guild of America Award ## Quotes by Scott Frank > [I'm not the writer who says, "You have to say it exactly as I wrote it," because you don't get good work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-frank/i-m-not-the-writer-who-says-you-have-to-say-it-exactly-as-i-wrote-it/) [Scott Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-frank/) [Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/scott-frank-80788_actors_i-m-not-the-writer-who-says-you-have-to_933982.png) > [I like to look on the bright side: Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-frank/i-like-to-look-on-the-bright-side-every-day-i-beat-my-own-previous/) [Scott Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-frank/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/scott-frank-80788_alive_i-like-to-look-on-the-bright-side-every_1125900.png) > [I usually write very few stage directions. I think a lot of that is a waste of time. The art of screenwriting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-frank/i-usually-write-very-few-stage-directions-i-think-a-lot-of-that-is-a/) [Scott Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-frank/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/scott-frank-80788_art_i-usually-write-very-few-stage-direction_1556976.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-frank/#itemlist", "name": "Scott Frank Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not the writer who says, \"You have to say it exactly as I wrote it,\" because you don't get good work. You want somebody who's going to bring something interesting to it and really create a character with you. 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