--- title: "4 Tony Grisoni Quotes - Famous Screenwriter (Asylum)" description: "Tony Grisoni is a British screenwriter. His first feature film, Queen of Hearts, directed by Jon Amiel, won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Festival du Film ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-tony-grisoni-71812.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Tony Grisoni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-tony-grisoni-71812.jpg) # Tony Grisoni (1952) Screenwriter **4** quotes in **31** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Tony Grisoni is a screenwriter, best known for *Asylum*. ## Quick Facts About Tony Grisoni Born October 28, 1952 Profession Screenwriter Notable works Asylum ## About Tony Grisoni Tony Grisoni is a British screenwriter. His first feature film, Queen of Hearts, directed by Jon Amiel, won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Festival du Film de Paris. ## Quotes by Tony Grisoni > [The best thing a writer can do is walk. Walking gives you ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-grisoni/the-best-thing-a-writer-can-do-is-walk-walking-gives-you-ideas/) Tony Grisoni [Best things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-things/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/tony-grisoni-71812_best-things_the-best-thing-a-writer-can-do-is-walk-w_1610907.png) > [ Music, I find, gets you out of a trap \[when screenwriting\], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-grisoni/music-i-find-gets-you-out-of-a-trap-when-screenwriting-because-it/) Tony Grisoni [Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/tony-grisoni-71812_abstract_music-i-find-gets-you-out-of-a-trap-when_2269792.jpg) > [A new writer starting out today, whether it's for TV or film, they have to remember that they're telling the story to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-grisoni/a-new-writer-starting-out-today-whether-it-s-for-tv-or-film-they-have/) Tony Grisoni [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/tony-grisoni-71812_depends_a-new-writer-starting-out-today-whether_2381708.png) > [You've got to write badly. If you write badly at least you've got something to rewrite. If you're scared to write badly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-grisoni/you-ve-got-to-write-badly-if-you-write-badly-at-least-you-ve-got/) Tony Grisoni [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/tony-grisoni-71812_ifs_you-ve-got-to-write-badly-if-you-write-b_3061428.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-grisoni/#itemlist", "name": "Tony Grisoni Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best thing a writer can do is walk. 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