Book Quote by Thomas Lennon

Actually the writer is the most important part of the filmmaking process. That's why I never hesitate in giving credit to a writer which…

— Shoojit Sircar

All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality…

— Paul Schrader

Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the…

— John le Carre

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

— Elmore Leonard

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.

— Brian Koppelman

It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film.

— Allison Pearson

Screenplays are the currency of Hollywood.

— Scott Derrickson

In Hollywood, they create banks of scripts, whether they are used or not.

— Vikram Bhatt

Like every novelist, I fantasise about film. Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when…

— John le Carre

My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you…

— Dan Gilroy

The movies are fun, but I'm a novelist. In many ways, screenwriting is much easier than writing novels. I find screenplays twenty times easier…

— Nicholas Sparks

I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.

— Robyn Davidson