Books Quote by Tom Perrotta

I wrote my first screenplay on a lark, because it was a storytelling format that felt like a familiar shorthand - we all watch…

— Lisa Lutz

I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

— Graeme Simsion

I started my career as an actor, then morphed into a playwright who accidentally became a novelist with my first book 'Fall On Your…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.

— John Sayles

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

— Sidney Sheldon

When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into…

— James Franco

I actually wanted to be a writer long before I wanted to be an actor.

— Simon Callow

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but…

— Ben Richards

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage…

— Sasha Alexander

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

— Patrick Modiano

I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and their spirits…

— Daniel Clowes

I wrote several screenplays over the years to really polish my craft and learn from my mistakes.

— Gabriel Campisi