78 Quotes About Screenwriting

Transform into your dream.

That which is cool is driven by the soul.

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

Why does Kubrick always chill our blood, and make us huddled up scared stiff with eyes wide shut? Because even dead he's still "Shinnying" with his old hand and his eye-catching plots.

Shit, you shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.

Comfort yields complacency. Break free.

The story writes you as much as you write it. And the process of re-writing isn't so much a quest to re-write the story as it is to re-write the writer.

The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?

You may initially find yourself at a point of re-convincing that there could be a positive twist, and that's okay. Suspense naturally becomes sweeter when we let our faith save our favorite character.