Difficult Quote by Daniel Handler

It's hard writing screenplays.

— Ridley Scott

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

— Grant Heslov

Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells…

— Jerry Bruckheimer

I think screenplay is hard. I've tried that, and it felt really difficult; like, all the stuff I think I'm good at, like description…

— Andrew Sean Greer

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…

— Robert Towne

The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay…

— Barry Eisler

Generally, screenplays suck.

— Grant Heslov

I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

— Charlie Kaufman

Writing a really good screenplay is not easy. It can be a very punishing form.

— Peter Hedges

Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.

— Edward Norton

I always find the first thing that really bothers me when I start a screenplay is, I have to find a different form. You…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

If you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.

— Bill Murray