Screenwriting Quotes

60 Screenwriting quotes by 57 unique authors

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor. — Meg Cabot
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in… — Nick Cave
It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script. — George Clooney
I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting. — Diablo Cody
Screenwriting is not an artform, it is a punishment from God. — Fran Lebowitz
The reason for his seven-year hiatus in direction: My son Aditya made Mohabbatein (2000), which took a lot of time and energy. Then we started… — Yash Chopra
The screenplay is so well-written in a scruffy, fanzine way that you want to rub noses in it - the noses of those zombie writers… — Roger Ebert
The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure… — Raymond Chandler
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out. — Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story… — Unknown Author
I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general. — Bret Easton Ellis
Music, I find, gets you out of a trap [when screenwriting], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing, it's not concerned… — Tony Grisoni
All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant. — Robert McKee
I want to get off with the screenwriting. — Obie Trice
I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways. — John Milius
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story… — David Ives
Few literary depictions of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake match the intensity and visceral power of those in Flacco's gripping first novel. The author's screenwriting… — William Bernhardt
I discovered John Truby ten years ago when a friend told me about his screenwriting course. I studied Truby's principles for a year and --… — Caroline Lawrence
All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide. — Brian Koppelman
Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed. — Ian Mcewan
Screenwriting is no more complicated than old French torture chambers, I think. It's about as simple as that. — James L. Brooks
And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I choose… — Edward Zwick
What makes screenplays difficult are the things that require the most discipline and care and are just not seen by most people. I'm talking about… — Robert Towne
I've come to view screenwriting assignments as playwriting grants, because they provide a considerable financial cushion. However, they can also be extremely time-consuming. Film projects… — Donald Margulies
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality and… — Paul Schrader

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