Art Quote by Hugh Laurie

Screenwriting is not an artform, it is a punishment from God.

— Fran Lebowitz

I think that screenwriting probably isn't seen as writing in the same way that novel-writing is seen as writing. But I certainly don't see…

— Alex Garland

For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they’ll do…

— Justin Zackham

Some of our best writers are self taught. Screenwriting is a combo of craft and art. The craft part can be taught, about how…

— Sriram Raghavan

People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess…

— Matt Haig

Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed.

— Ian Mcewan

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.

— Meg Cabot

I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I…

— David Benioff

It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done the hard…

— Tom Stoppard

We always for better or worse try to put on paper what's going up on screen - whether we're directing it or not. It's…

— John Francis Daley

I've often said, not totally jokingly, that screenwriting doesn't really qualify as real writing at all. You don't string sentences into paragraphs. You don't…

— Jonathan Raymond

Well, what we do is we have a script, of course. But for us, writing is also like storyboarding. It's drawing. And so we…

— Pete Docter