Half Quote by Raymond Chandler

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

— Simon Beaufoy

“Applying this idea in our daily life means breaking tasks into bite-size chunks and setting goals accordingly. A writer, for example, is better off…

— Steven Kotler

Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed.

— Ian Mcewan

I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.

— Charlie Kaufman

You can't learn to write that way - by writing directly for the screen. Wait until you're 30. But in the meantime write 200…

— Ray Bradbury

I've often said, not totally jokingly, that screenwriting doesn't really qualify as real writing at all. You don't string sentences into paragraphs. You don't…

— Jonathan Raymond

I usually write very few stage directions. I think a lot of that is a waste of time. The art of screenwriting is in…

— Scott Frank

“You get no writing done at all if you sit at a table with a view. You'd spent the whole time watching the birds…

— Mary Stewart

People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess…

— Matt Haig

I want to get off with the screenwriting.

— Obie Trice

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

— Zoe Kazan