Bill Quote by Ivan Reitman

With writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for the most…

— Henry Rollins

Well, you're in a theater and it's 24 shots a second, your face, your body, your voice, and it's your craft, the way you…

— William Mapother

On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I…

— John Cleese

There are producers, like the late Geoffrey Perkins, who have truly great ideas that will fire up your synapses and show you that handing…

— Graham Linehan

You don't get to be a good screenwriter unless you do 20, 30 drafts: fact.

— Lenny Henry

I think longer that you sit on a screenplay the longer you sit. I'm a firm believer that you can write the magic out…

— Todd Farmer

It's a dream for all writers to write for Broadway.

— Richard M. Sherman

I'm usually the first guy to propose a change because I'm continuing my process. We're in a context, in this business, a context in…

— William Monahan

When you're writing for theater or TV, it's open-ended in scope. You can write 10 separate pieces that are really effective but have no…

— John Parish

I doubt that there are many screenplays of movies that either of us have seen over the past 10 years that were first drafts,…

— Alan Moore

When it comes to writing musicals, you write the best piece you can. Then, its destiny is in the hands of the actors and…

— David Bryan

There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft…

— Heidi Julavits