About Quote by Paul Schrader

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.

— Brian Koppelman

I've never taken any classes or had formal training in writing novels. At its most basic, I learned how to structure a novel.

— Dennis Green

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

— Diablo Cody

I did a course in creative writing.

— Antara Mali

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

— Dustin Hoffman

I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books are all…

— Scott Westerfeld

I took a lot of writing courses.

— Danny Strong

I went to classes on writing for film and theatre as well as short stories at Stanford.

— Brook Lopez

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books.

— Cynthia Rylant

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.

— Charles Frazier

Once in a while there were things in screenwriting that taught me things for fiction. But there's nothing in screenwriting that teaches you anything…

— Joan Didion

I love writing books, but it's a solitary experience. When I'm on a film set, I'm with a bunch of other artists working together…

— George Pelecanos