#screenwriter

Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life. ↗

— William Goldman

#creative #creative life #enough #full #life

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#came #character #day #else #god

About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#absolutely #ago #am #another #bad

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright. ↗

— Beth Henley

#here #maintain #novelist #playwright #poet

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#having #his #hitchcock #i #just

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#closely #director #gary #gary ross #him

... the state of rapture I experience when I read a wonderful book is one of the main reasons I read; but it doesn't happen every time or even every other time, and when it does happen, I am truly beside myself. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#experience

Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#directors #films #percentage #play #poor

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#director #fantastic #get #job #right

Bill Condon, I must say, may have been one of the best professional experiences of my life, collaborating with him. He, himself, is an Academy Award winning screenwriter. He is a storyteller first and foremost, so we speak the same language. We approach things always from the story. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#academy award #always #approach #award #been