Stories Quote by John Sayles

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but…

— Ben Richards

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of…

— Alice Hoffman

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world.

— Maria Semple

The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write…

— Charles Martin Smith

I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

— Graeme Simsion

It's very hard to be a screenwriter. I remember getting a couple of awards. I got a PEN West award a million years ago…

— Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal

I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell…

— Mike White

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one,…

— Judy Blume

When I was a child, I loved making stories, so I thought maybe I would be a novelist.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.

— Cary Fukunaga

I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.

— Leonard Mlodinow

Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.

— William Goldman