Difficult Quote by Jonathan Raymond

What makes screenplays difficult are the things that require the most discipline and care and are just not seen by most people. I'm talking…

— Robert Towne

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

— Meg Cabot

I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.

— Charlie Kaufman

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

— Zoe Kazan

I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please…

— Elmore Leonard

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

Screenwriting is definitely the majority of my time, but I do still act when stuff comes up. I do a few jobs a year.People…

— Danny Strong

Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a…

— Amy Holden Jones

I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.

— Diablo Cody

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

Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal…

— David Nicholls

I learned that you really don't have any control as a writer. Waah, waah, waah. Big deal. Unless you're the director on the movie,…

— Bret Easton Ellis