#screenwriting

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

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I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways. ↗

— John Milius

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I guess I considered myself just sort of a sketch comedian, you know? Actual screenwriting hadn't really occurred to me as a viable job - I didn't really know anything about it. ↗

— Thomas Lennon

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It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light. ↗

— Edward Burns

#screenwriting #dreams

I tend to jot down moments, lines, interactions that don't really make any sense. I try and explain these scattered notes to my close friends, and they become more and more logical. I see screenwriting as a bit like a math equation which I have to solve. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

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I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

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Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

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