23 Quotes by David Seltzer

For some moments in life, there are no words.

For some moments in life there are no words.

Don’t be discouraged if you think you’re not a great writer because terrible writers are successful in Hollywood.

I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.

There is an inalienable law. Whenever a character on screen pities himself, the audience stops pitying him. They will cry so long as the character doesn't.

I think it's time to explore our relationship to the hereafter and the now and determine whether or not there is a part mankind can play at this time to forestall the nuclear bubble breaking and the world coming to an end.

I'm a real soft, sentimental guy who dreams up decapitations.

It was hard for my friends to equate me with a picture like 'The Omen.'

I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic about anything: If you tell me to write a screenplay about cucumber farms, I'll swallow hard, and in 48 hours, I'll be in love with cucumber farms.