Screenwriters Quotes

Screenwriters Quote of the day

If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.

I would say, and as I have said before, the series [Narcos] does not demonstrate real happenings but rather events that the screenwriters, in their own taste, believe depict the way we lived.

There’s a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons.

Too few journalists become screenwriters. I say to all the would-be screenwriters: Become journalists. And I’ll say to working journalists: Do not stay journalists. Become screenwriters.

You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life.

Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves.

My parents were screenwriters, and they had four daughters and we all write. So that's amazing. Talk about powerful parents. My mother always said to us, "Everything is copy."

I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.

Though 'Moneyball' had the talents of screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin going for it, they weren't baseball insiders.

Not a word of my writing has ever been changed by another person's hands, and I don't think many screenwriters can say that.

Screenwriters get paid a hell of a lot more money but their level of frustration seems to be so high that I don't want that.

I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set during production.

I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

As screenwriters, we struggle with our own success. We have wallpapered our world and now we can't get anyone to notice the picture we just hung.

A trap screenwriters can fall into is making scripts that are good reads, which doesn't necessarily mean it will make a good film.

My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.

People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not - we're sketch comedy guys.

I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.

When is now.

Be one with yourself and revel in eternal bliss.

Believe in people, they fly for a day. Teach them to believe in themselves, they soar for a lifetime.

Happiness is individualized. Don't box it in. Let it fly.

Vulnerability is the portal to feeling. Feeling is the portal to strength.

Walk into the unknown with what you know in your heart.

Her words dance on the page.

Don't just write a strong female protagonist. Be one.

Is every writer's keyboard a spill magnet?

Great writers experience their dreams. They put them on paper, where others can read about them.

With the right tools, you can write anything ...

Transform into your dream.

Peace is when we look upon the world together.

Beauty is a heart with wings.

Believe so brightly that everyone sees the beauty in believing.

One day, your light will silence the darkness, and you will be surrounded by the beauty within.

Beauty is light set free.

When a writer's heart is filled with the music of her soul, her words sing.

Love is enough.

Love is written by the soul.

Whatever you do, let it be lovely.

That which is cool is driven by the soul.

Life is beauty simply breathing.

Like a flower, feel yourself rise above and begin to open.

A good friend is a healing friend.

Greatness is achieved through kindness, compassion, and love.

Be the energy you want others to absorb.

I hear you in the morning sun.

Comfort yields complacency. Break free.