Half Quote by Tom Stoppard

Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my…

— David Twohy

I love to do very long and complicated scenes.

— Catherine Deneuve

What I normally do with long scenes is that I understand the emotional content and the words fall into place.

— Shefali Shah

I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.

— Christopher Meloni

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

— Deepa Mehta

Almost every scene, I re-think as I'm about to start drawing it, and at least half of the time I'm changing dialogue or whatever,…

— Chester Brown

If I have a long period of time away from acting, I tend to write.

— Charlie Hunnam

I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now.

— Diablo Cody

I try to only work on the screenplays for a few hours a day when I'm in my most voluble mood, just sort of…

— Daniel Clowes

When I started writing short stories, I thought I was writing a novel. I had like 60 or 70 pages. And what I realized…

— Shane Carruth

When I'm directing, I'm pretty much not writing, but when I'm not directing I am writing a lot.

— Adam Rapp

I write screenplays in the middle of the night.

— Ray Bradbury