78 Quotes About Screenwriting

Screenwriting is made of brevity.

The personal screenplay- where you dive into the terrifying depths of your soul, unearth the most intimate details about yourself, and put it on paper for the world to see. Proceed with caution, for madness lies ahead.

There is magic in the old and magic in the new; the trick is to successfully combine the two.

Don’t just see brilliance… Feel it.

Storytelling answers questions and solves mysteries.

Novelist by day; screenwriter by night.

Nowadays films and television are what I like to call "Microwave Media". I like mine in the oven, giving the production time to simmer; get the juices flowing, and cooked to perfection. And that takes time. Slow, precious, tempered time. A script is a film's recipe. It's just a piece of paper to the novice cook, but even a recipe needs time to be perfected before it's given to the masses.

Whatever you do, let it be lovely.

Makebelieve is a writer's best friend.