Adaptation Quote by Tom Stoppard

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've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.

— Diablo Cody

For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they’ll do…

— Justin Zackham

I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please…

— Elmore Leonard

I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than the top…

— William Monahan

I was always writing stories, even as a kid. I always wanted to be in the plays and do that sort of thing. Screenwriting…

— Katie Wech

Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If…

— Dan Brown

I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I…

— David Benioff

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.

— Meg Cabot

Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I have less…

— Nick Antosca

Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it's like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I can design…

— Robin Hobb

I think screenwriting gave me more of an affinity for plot - my first novel, 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,' doesn't have…

— Jesse Andrews