Ambition Quote by Craig Ferguson

“Maybe there was a time when you could make films that mattered, but now?”

— Hayao Miyazaki

“Once upon a time, I wrote a book. People seemed to dig it, so I wrote another and one after that. That’s when Hollywood…

— Hank Moody

“I'd been forced into a movie, and there was nothing to do but follow the script.”

— Jonathan Tropper

“Yeah, well, I wanted to be a screenwriter, and guess what? I am one. That's the other tragedy in life.”

— Charles D'Ambrosio

“I have never dared to concentrate as hard as I can for fear of the damage I might do. I’m to the point where…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“...it's not fair because I have been trying so hard and how long can this fucking movie last...”

— Matthew Quick

“I wanted to have an honest conversation for fucking once.”

— Isabella Starling

“Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting fucked.”

— David Mamet

“It seemed to me to give up you first had to give in to something. I had no ambitions, no idea what I wanted…

— Lauren Nicolle Taylor

“I was angry, but I was also tired and devastated by the idea that I would have to spend another four hours trying to…

— Lisa Lutz

“I knew I was never going to write a screenplay, or a book, or direct a movie. I felt like I was never going…

— C.J. Roberts

I turned in a script that meant a lot to me and an executive at Warner Bros said he was disappointed in me. I…

— Dustin Lance Black