Movie Quote by Oliver Stone

The secret to writing a screenplay is keeping your ass in the chair.

— Oliver Stone

writing = ass + chair

— Oliver Stone

“Like so many writers - I need to keep my butt in the chair.”

— Tina Gayle

“I’ve often thought the biggest element of successful writing is the ability to get the seat of your pants to the seat of a…

— Agnes Nixon

“The way to write a book is the application of the seat of one's pants to the seat of one's chair”

— Anonymous

“Sit your ass down and write.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a…

— Elmore Leonard

“How do you learn to write? You sit your ass down in a chair, in front of a laptop, for ten years. Period.”

— Sean Beaudoin

There's one massive problem with coming from writing novels into screenplays that I've discovered over the years, which is that you've got too much…

— Alex Garland

It's hard writing screenplays.

— Ridley Scott

The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

— Robert Schwentke

Writing a screenplay needs to be more than words on a page - and by the way, I think the words on the page…

— John Ridley