Kind Quote by John Milius

All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without…

— Syd Field

And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I…

— Edward Zwick

The history of screenwriting - of what we do - is more than 100 years old. It's thousands of years old, going back to…

— John Logan

Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an actor going…

— John Francis Daley

If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly.

— Olivia Colman

I studied screenwriting at film school and was constantly learning how to construct three-act dramas.

— Tobias Lindholm

I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close…

— Asghar Farhadi

I wanted to do screenwriting. That's what I went to school for, but my major was overfilled, and when I got 'The Daily Show',…

— Jessica Williams

Writing a novel can be solitary at times compared to screenwriting, but I don't mind that.

— Ruth Jones

All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality…

— Paul Schrader

If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.

— Samuel Fuller

I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to…

— Mara Brock Akil