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For years I was doing the excruciating weightlifting of writing scripts - but then I stayed thin and someone else got all the muscles. — Shane Black

I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically. — W.C. Fields

I did theater for a few years while I was in New York, but it was tough having to perform scripts worse than what I knew I could write. — Zach Braff

As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college. — Damien Chazelle

Take a favorite trick of yours and write a 'gestures script' how could you improve clarity [using gestures]. — Roberto Giobbi

Let's make movies, not deals. Let's write movies, not scripts. — Paula Wagner

I write scripts by myself. It's not for everybody. It's someone's personal work. I need to be in love with the subject. — Jean-Pierre Jeunet

When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up. — Dan Aykroyd

To sit down at a computer every day and write a script is commendable. I don't have the patience for it, but I have some fantastic ideas. — Shiloh Fernandez

I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time. — Cliff Martinez

In writing scripts now, having made a film, I'm much more conscious of what it means to shoot and edit a movie, and that affects the writing. — Josh Radnor

I enjoy writing scripts. I can find out what happens. With an outline, I feel like I'm doing an architectural diagram of something. — Neil Gaiman

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 never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself. — Steve Martin

The writing of the script is a continual process. There's the first draft and then many, many re-writes here and there. — Abdellatif Kechiche

[Writing scripts] I'm not looking to jump in and make super mainstream movies. I still like to make movies that I like to see. — Rob Zombie

As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur. — Carlton Cuse

There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job. — Dan Harmon

With the right tools, you can write anything ... — Jeff Lyons

I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts. — Mark Millar

At the end of the day you do have to write a short novel beforehand, called a script, before you can make a movie. — Louis Garrel

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing. — Andy Garcia

Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten. — Mel Gibson

I've sold scripts in the past, and also a TV pilot that didn't get made, to Fox. But yeah, I've been writing for a while. — Michael Jai White

You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script. — John Taylor Gatto

I have enjoyed writing my own stuff, and it's been a privilege to be able to scrap some money together to be able to make films from my own scripts. — Lisa Cholodenko

You have to write a lot of scripts to get any scripts that are worth making. — Judd Apatow

I write to music, so every script I have has its own playlist. Music just opens me up to the emotions that I'm writing. — Gina Prince-Bythewood

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 scenes in. — David Twohy

I don't look at scripts. I just write them. — James Cameron

Try everything; listen to everyone. Follow no one. You are your own story guru! — Jeff Lyons

Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain. — Shane Black

I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts. — Jesse Eisenberg

I have been writing songs and poems since I was a little girl. I started writing short scripts, which evolved into the idea for a book. — Hilary Duff

'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases. — Michael Mann

We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age. — Viola Davis

Pilot scripts are particularly difficult to write because you have to introduce all the characters without it feeling like a series of introductions. — Tina Fey