Screenplays Quotes
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I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.
— Serena Williams
He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue.
— George Lucas
My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.
— Michael Arndt
With screenplays, it's all about being as concise as possible. If you have a scene that's set in a bar, you just have to write, 'Interior: Bar.'
— David Benioff
I've been writing screenplays for a long time, and a lot of it came out of the journalism I was doing.
— Peter Landesman
I think the reason I wrote screenplays for nearly a decade was because it was my territory. I could stake that out.
— Nick Harkaway
The idea of directing was something that I always had in the back of my mind, and writing as well. I began to write screenplays when I was in my 20's.
— Charles Martin Smith
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
If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
— Quentin Tarantino
I write a number of screenplays, and I've never really come up with a part for a movie star.
— Andrew Dominik
In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.
— Diablo Cody
Every writer dreams about the day they can step into their fiction and wander its hallways.
— Shannon L. Alder
If you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
— Bill Murray
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
— Charlie Kaufman
The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.
— Richard Price
I do have some theatrical background. I've written plays and seen plays and read plays. But I also read novels. One thing I don't read is screenplays.
— Charlie Kaufman
In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.
— Albert Brooks
Makebelieve is a writer's best friend.
— Solange Nicole
In Hollywood, no one knows anything.
— William Goldman
I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one more thing.
— Augusten Burroughs
I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.
— Alexander Payne
With the right tools, you can write anything ...
— Jeff Lyons
When writing screenplays, it's a matter of remembering to leave off the page anything and everything that doesn't appear on the screen.
— Taiye Selasi
I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.
— Christopher Meloni
I've only ever taken a playwriting class, but I like creative writing and writing screenplays.
— Gia Coppola
I write screenplays in the middle of the night.
— Ray Bradbury
I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.
— Peter Landesman
Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.
— Paul Schrader
I find reading screenplays difficult, as they're only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being.
— Daniel Handler
I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.
— Nia Vardalos
For me, if Shakespeare was around today, he'd be writing screenplays - a big Hollywood movie.
— Douglas Booth
I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
— Bruce Vilanch
I wrote several screenplays over the years to really polish my craft and learn from my mistakes.
— Gabriel Campisi
The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.
— Ridley Scott
Novelist by day; screenwriter by night.
— A.D. Posey
Of all the most devastating sounds in the universe, silence is the most powerful.
— Gerard De Marigny
The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.
— Robert Schwentke
I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
— Rachel Griffiths
I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.
— Leonard Mlodinow
There is magic in the old and magic in the new; the trick is to successfully combine the two.
— A.D. Posey
There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
— Quentin Tarantino
All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.
— Brian Koppelman
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
— Charlie Kaufman
