Screenwriting Quotes

60 quotes by 57 authors

It's always the story that interests me. — Vincente Minnelli
I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters. — David Lean
Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you've gotta perform them and/or direct them, or… — Mel Brooks
I feel I do my best work when it's all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I… — Guy Pearce
If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. — Olivia Colman
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays. — Zoe Kazan
I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close friends,… — Asghar Farhadi
I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through. — Charlie Kaufman
I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process. — Charlie Kaufman
Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be. — Hugh Laurie
I don't mind doing scripted material. It's actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet. — John C. Reilly
I had always been interested in screenwriting, ever since I could write things down as a child. Obviously, I started as an actor, professionally, but… — John Francis Daley
Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an actor going into… — John Francis Daley
Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together. — Jay Duplass
For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way. — Simon Beaufoy
Even though I was trained in play writing and screenwriting, when I sat down to write a comic book for the first time, Alan Moore… — Brian K. Vaughan
What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray. — Mike Birbiglia
I studied screenwriting at film school and was constantly learning how to construct three-act dramas. — Tobias Lindholm
Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue,… — David Nicholls
Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes… — Miranda Cosgrove

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