52 Quotes by Tony Gilroy

I like knowing where I am in action sequences if I'm supposed to.

I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.

The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel.

I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized.

I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.

If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done.

I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.