Writing Quote by Bill Murray

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're…

— Bill Murray

There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.

— Scott Speedman

There are tons of really good writers out there, but for one reason or another, they just have not had the support that allowed…

— Janet Evanovich

I wonder if these editors, why they're not writers sometimes, because they know so much about writing.

— Hampton Fancher

There are so many screenwriters with incredible stories to tell, so I hope there will be some kind of shift in the business where…

— Callie Khouri

Writing is a black-box proposition. You see actors; you can see what they're doing. You can watch the director on set doing his work.…

— Shane Black

I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of good, original…

— Colin Firth

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

— Stephen Ambrose

Over the years, many producers have come and gone, and screenplays were written and abandoned. It's the Hollywood process. It's hard to get things…

— Lawrence Blume

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere

Studio execs were like, ''Lord of the Rings!' People want to see sword-and-dragon-type things!' No, people just want to see great stories. Hollywood always…

— Kumail Nanjiani

Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of…

— Thomas Lennon