Always Quote by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

— Grant Heslov

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 fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay…

— Barry Eisler

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

— Charlie Kaufman

I do not think I will ever write screenplays based on my books. I would not know what to cut out and what portions…

— Ravi Subramanian

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

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 few times I've tried to write original screenplays, it's a difficult process because I just don't feel like I know the characters the…

— Tom Perrotta

My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because…

— Deepa Mehta

One of the things about writing a novel is you can do it any way you want. It's your voice that's important and I…

— Quentin Tarantino

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

Writing a screenplay, for me, is like juggling. It's like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All those ideas…

— James Cameron