Screenwriter Quotes

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing. - Joe Eszterhas

Eventually I'd like to become a screenwriter. - Brett Johnson

Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter. - Tony Gilroy

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

Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life. - William Goldman

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words. - Steven Bochco

About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me. - Kerry Washington

[Starting December 26, Headline News Space Science and Technology Correspondent Allard Beutel looks at the technological vision put forth by Kubrick and co-screenwriter Sir Arthur Clarke. In a five-part series called,] 2001: A Space Prophecy... 2001. - Allard Beutel