Discussion Quote by Robert Schwentke

I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

— Diablo Cody

I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

— Charlie Kaufman

I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it.…

— Robert Evans

The day you step on the floor the meter is ticking and time is of the essence. You can't really afford to not know…

— Robert Schwentke

I think a script is great when it starts with the structure and works with the structure without falling into the typical three-act system…

— Luca Guadagnino

I'm so respectful of good writing. It's the blueprint for the movie. You have to have that script there because, if you don't, you're…

— Molly Shannon

On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is a beautiful…

— Sam Shepard

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

The great thing, as a screenwriter, is that you are always proud of what ends up on the screen, you are able to create…

— Jamie Linden

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

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

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