#screenwriter

But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright. ↗

— Beth Henley

#here #maintain #novelist #playwright #poet

I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#having #his #hitchcock #i #just

Since signing with Universal, I have been working closely with Gary Ross, the director, producer and screenwriter. We have spent many hours on the phone, and I've been sending him information and items that have been useful to the writing process. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#closely #director #gary #gary ross #him

... the state of rapture I experience when I read a wonderful book is one of the main reasons I read; but it doesn't happen every time or even every other time, and when it does happen, I am truly beside myself. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#experience

Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#directors #films #percentage #play #poor

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#director #fantastic #get #job #right

Bill Condon, I must say, may have been one of the best professional experiences of my life, collaborating with him. He, himself, is an Academy Award winning screenwriter. He is a storyteller first and foremost, so we speak the same language. We approach things always from the story. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#academy award #always #approach #award #been

You get to Hollywood and you are in the land of big money where they don't like to see only one screenwriter's name. It's much better if you've got four or five. ↗

— Nigel Kneale

#big #five #four #get #got

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories. ↗

— John Sayles

#know #really #screenwriter #stories #such

Change is good - that’s the credo Evan Handler reinvigorates with the hard won wisdom of this hard luck story. Handler’s prose style is disarmingly funny and smoothly conversational. He writes like a guy who's just happy to be here, and a little pissed off at you if you're not. As he has worked hard to shape himself into a good actor, life has shaped him into a good man. The cover photo is worth the price alone. ↗

— David Duchovny

#director #screenwriter #change