Backgrounds Quote by Charlie Kaufman

I read scripts movie, TV and theater. I read every novel that is published. I read every book that comes out on the theater…

— Van Heflin

All of my scripts are based on other people's novels. Generally, I consider myself as one who writes for theatre. I do not see…

— Tom Stoppard

I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.

— Christopher Meloni

I'm a playwright who gets involved in movies when I'm not writing a play.

— Tom Stoppard

When I started writing screenplays, as early as I started writing anything, I hadn't seen any ordinary screenplays. I saw movies and figured out…

— William Monahan

My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.

— Alan Alda

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays

— Beth Henley

I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts.

— Jesse Eisenberg

For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am devoted to…

— James Spader

I'm sure that everything you do contributes to the sort of novel that you write. A lot of actors have an understanding of drama…

— Rachel Joyce

Being a writer is a solitary life. So the little part of me that's an actor still enjoys the theatrical part of reading and…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I started as a playwright. Any sort of scriptwriting you do helps you hone your story. You have the same demands of creating a…

— Suzanne Collins