Racket Quote by Frank Capra

Scriptwriting [for film] is the toughest part of the whole racket . . . the least understood and the least noticed.

— Frank Capra

Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten.

— Mel Gibson

To be honest, I have never thought about the intricacies of a script.

— Vijay Antony

When you write the script, you're home in a room by yourself, and you're writing, and there's no connection with the real performing world.…

— Woody Allen

Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.

— Shane Black

Most of the guys like sticking to the script and doing just what's written. If they're exploring, they're exploring ways of doing the script.

— Jon Turteltaub

A lot of people have an opinion on scripts, but they aren't equipped to diagnose what the problems are. You realize that scriptwriting is…

— Daniel Kaluuya

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have…

— Ricky Gervais

Most scripts are so linear and simplistic in their plotline.

— Curtis Hanson

Lots of scripts are written and not made, even scripts that people want to make.

— James Salter

With these scripts and these writers, so much of it is done for me. Because we don't just throw words around: we make sure…

— Eric McCormack

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

— Helen McCrory