Branches Quote by Sam Lake

I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in…

— Kenneth Lonergan

Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers…

— Laini Taylor

Writing dialogue is like writing a song, which I've done.

— Brian Azzarello

Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story…

— Alfred Hitchcock

Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an actor going…

— John Francis Daley

I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.

— Jessica Hagedorn

Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.

— Sefi Atta

Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I…

— Joel Edgerton

There are vast differences between scripts and stories, of course. Few fiction writers would want to give up the opportunity to explore how the…

— Les Standiford

I find that dialogue is bad in most scripts. I just think there are very few writers that can capture the natural way people…

— Stephen Dorff

Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that…

— Sol Stein