Screenwriters Quotes

19 quotes by 18 authors

If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer. We've seen so many great actresses go down to the… — Geraldine Brooks
L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. — Nick Cave
I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility. — Diablo Cody
Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec scripts. The writer… — Terry Rossio
Here's my unsolicited advice to any aspiring screenwriters who might be reading this: Donâ€™t ever agonize about the hordes of other writers who are ostensibly… — Diablo Cody
A trap screenwriters can fall into is making scripts that are good reads, which doesn't necessarily mean it will make a good film. — Peter Straughan
How often do we use other people as screens upon which to project our obsessions? Our discontents, dreams, desires, and fears? Well, I always thought,… — Bradford Morrow
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point. — Paul Thomas Anderson
Too few journalists become screenwriters. I say to all the would-be screenwriters: Become journalists. And Iâ€™ll say to working journalists: Do not stay journalists. Become… — Nora Ephron
From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of… — Joe Eszterhas
In real life, people fumble their words. They repeat themselves and stare blankly off into space and don't listen properly to what other people are… — Christopher Guest
I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping… — Viggo Mortensen
From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters… — Jason Reitman
India needs better producers than screenwriters. No producer wants to invest in out-of-the way scripts. — Anurag Kashyap
Hollywood is a special place; a place filled with creative geniuses - actors, screenwriters, directors, sound engineers, computer graphics specialists, lighting experts and so on.… — Ryan Kavanaugh
There are so many screenwriters with incredible stories to tell, so I hope there will be some kind of shift in the business where very… — Callie Khouri
Many of the writers who have inspired me most are outside the genre: Humorists like Robert Benchley and James Thurber, screenwriters like Ben Hecht and… — John Scalzi
The screenwriters I know share a few personality traits and one of them is anxiety. — Tony Gilroy
There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry. — Elizabeth Meriwether

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