Books Quote by Michael Nesmith

I look at the film without any music or sound. I try to grasp the story from the screenplay. I try to write to…

— Howard Shore

For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music…

— Cliff Martinez

A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you…

— Jose Padilha

I'll write for a while and then I'll find an appropriate song and in a weird way the music will keep me in the…

— Quentin Tarantino

I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.

— Dolly Parton

When you watch a film, a huge part of it is the music and the coloring and everything that comes together to create such…

— Maika Monroe

Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.

— Spike Jonze

Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast…

— Nick Cave

I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.

— Serena Williams

Whenever I make a movie, I always try to figure out what kind of music it would be.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Writing for a film means the music has to serve the film, the narrative.

— Anoushka Shankar

My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.

— Billy Bob Thornton