Screenwriting – Quotes

Screenwriting and making movies

Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children. Gabriel Campisi

The script, I always

The script, I always believe, is the foundation of everything. Ewan McGregor

I didnt write Snow

I didnt write Snow White for any class, but I got bitten by the screenwriting bug and wrote a couple of scripts in my spare time instead of going to keg parties or something. Evan Daugherty

I\\’ve quit writing screenplay

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 myself. I have a good time sitting here by myself, thinking up situations and characters, getting them to talk – it’s so satisfying. But screenwriting’s different. You might think you’re writing … Read more

And how deeply do

And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I choose the upbeat rather than the downer ending because I know it will score better at the preview? Can the idea be sold in a single sentence? Can it compete with … Read more

I have always credited

I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or John Grisham’s The Rainmaker. I felt that I didn’t have the right to Francis Coppola’s anything unless I had written the story and the screenplay. Francis Ford Coppola

Screenwriting is not an

Screenwriting is not an artform, it is a punishment from God. Fran Lebowitz

I’ve come to view

I’ve come to view screenwriting assignments as playwriting grants, because they provide a considerable financial cushion. However, they can also be extremely time-consuming. Film projects tend to drag on and on, which takes me away from the theatre, and then they don’t get made. At the same time, the screenplays that have come my way … Read more

I’ve always been a

I’ve always been a writer, I’ve always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting. Diablo Cody

I think I have

I think I have always sort of cultivated a flowery writing style. I’ve always sort of over – written in every genre that I’ve attempted. I went to college and took a couple of writing classes and I remember my teachers were always incredibly encouraging. But it was inevitable to get the criticism: Take it … Read more