Blueprints Quote by Nicholas Meyer

If you're writing a novel, you can afford to see where the spirit takes you, but in terms of structure and engineering with a…

— Jane Goldman

The problem with the screenplay is that it's not literature, and it's not a film. It's a very weird, technical kind of blueprint that…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.

— Robert Altman

A movie is very different when you're writing the script and you're building a story compared to what the final product is.

— Andy Muschietti

Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.

— Edward Norton

Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

— Paul Schrader

A screenplay is really a blueprint for something that will be filmed. Therefore you must always keep in mind that whatever you write is…

— D. J. MacHale

Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would…

— Leigh Whannell

If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I…

— Bret Easton Ellis

Screenplays are not writing. They're a fake form of writing. It's a lot of dialogue and very little atmosphere. Very little description. Very little…

— Ray Bradbury

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

— Kate DiCamillo

If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

— Philippe Falardeau