Always Quote by Brian Helgeland

From my vantage point in writing a story, I can't and don't and have no interest in thinking about the level of sophistication of…

— Charlie Kaufman

Yeah, the main goal when I'm writing [movie scripts] is to entertain myself. It's supposed to be funny, but then a funny idea can…

— Quentin Dupieux

As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It…

— Fede Alvarez

I don't approach my movies with a target audience in mind. I try to make something that's true to the subject matter as much…

— Kelly Asbury

I don't necessarily go out and try to do something that's going to be just something that will please the audience. I'm not interested…

— Laurence Fishburne

In fact, whenever I go and watch a film I don't like to read about them beforehand - I like to go in fresh…

— Elena Anaya

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

— Noah Baumbach

The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do…

— Scott Caan

I try and write a fair amount in the beginning without the movie. And then when I do get the movie I create these…

— James Newton Howard

I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.

— Obie Trice

I never leave the writer behind, because you rewrite the movie in post, or at least I do. I always do, and I feel…

— Steven Soderbergh

When I write, I keep the family audience in mind. I ensure there's no vulgarity, as families are coming into the theatres, and there's…

— Rohit Shetty