America Quote by Simon Beaufoy

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere

Lots of scripts are written and not made, even scripts that people want to make.

— James Salter

Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.

— Shane Black

I've been involved with some huge studio projects that have been bloody awesome. It all starts with a great script, doesn't it?

— Juno Temple

The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.

— Peter Hedges

This industry is unforgiving. People come to you with good scripts only if you are doing well at the box office.

— Zayed Khan

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're…

— Bill Murray

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're

— Bill Murray

Good scripts are difficult to come by in the industry, especially if you are an outsider.

— Amyra Dastur

Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest intention in…

— Laura Linney

There's no point in me meeting with a bunch of producers or studios, because I'll write my own scripts in my own time.

— Martin McDonagh

Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script writing. You…

— Matthew Specktor