Page One Quotes

22 quotes by 21 authors

When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent. — Joe Pantoliano
They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. That's what was recommended in… — Lou Reed
The trick in writing children's books is to set up danger, mystery and excitement on page one. Force the kid to turn the page .… — Jerry West
When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I… — Joan Didion
Plotting isn't like sex, because you can go back and adjust it afterwards. Whether you plan your story beforehand or not, if the climax turns… — Colin Greenland
You know very well that whether you are on page one or page thirty depends on whether they fear you. It's as simple as that. — Richard M. Nixon
Page one is a diet, page two is a chocolate cake. It's a no-win situation.... — Kim Williams
The characters in a children's book must reach into the heart of the reader on page one. Emotional content is the main reason a child… — Rosemary Wells
I absolutely fell in love with David Cristofanos writing. THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is that rare novel--its the one youve been looking for… — Johanna Edwards
I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is… — David S. Goyer
Peace is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve a page one lead story unless that… — Robert A. Heinlein
I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing. — Zack Snyder
Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page… — Gillian Anderson
Once I get over maybe a hundred pages, I won't go back to page one, but I might go back to page fifty-five, or twenty,… — Joan Didion
When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence. — Gregory Maguire
The only thing that I always do - is once I've taken on a job, even just to do one scene in a movie, I… — Viggo Mortensen
It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115. — David Duchovny
As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen. — Mick Jagger
Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House. — Rick Perry
he's a story i want to know from page one — Sara Zarr

Who Wrote These Page One Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 22 Page One Quotes as follows: