Be good Quote by Matthew Specktor

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

— Andy Garcia

And dialogue, I'm good at it, and it's because it's the only thing you have to work with in TV writing.

— Maria Semple

I find that dialogue is bad in most scripts. I just think there are very few writers that can capture the natural way people…

— Stephen Dorff

I like writing dialog but don't think I'd be much good at a screenplay. I once had to write a treatment for a novel…

— Thomas Mallon

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

— Ali Wong

Good actors never use the script unless it's amazing writing. All the good actors I've worked with, they all say whatever they want to…

— Jessica Alba

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.

— Steven Bochco

Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten.

— Mel Gibson

I can't wait to do a fully improvised script again, to find people who are really comfortable and into it. It's about the capabilities…

— Lynn Shelton

I've never been able to write a movie script. I respect that skill so much, but it's not been the way my brain works.

— Mary Steenburgen

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

— Robert Harris

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere