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The thing about our movies is, we write thirty drafts. That's a very detailed script. Which means that if you try to crank it…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

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

Making movies is all about compromise, negotiation, and sacrifice, but the process helps you distill what's really important to you, and once you have…

— Miguel Sapochnik

Getting movies developed doesn't do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made.

— Nina Jacobson

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

— Lenny Henry

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

It's a debilitating process, working with the studios. With the length of time it takes for drafts and development deals, your enthusiasm is gone…

— Paul Morrissey

I don't make movies. I don't feel that I have to have artistic control. Part of this comes from the fact that the book…

— Stephen King

I read and write but my ideas don't go beyond the first draft. When they will, I will make it into a film probably.

— Antara Mali

As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted…

— Gary Ross

And don't rush to make movies. Movies should be made when they're absolutely ready. There's too many bad movies being made.

— James Ponsoldt

Every first draft sucks, so when you have your favorite novel, and you're like, 'Wow, this is a masterpiece,' and then you write your…

— Tomi Adeyemi