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Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.
Paul Schrader
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There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
Quentin Tarantino
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Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.
Edward Norton
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Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.
Tom Skerritt
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I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
Bruce Vilanch
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
Kate DiCamillo
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
Quentin Tarantino
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My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.
Michael Arndt
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I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.
Diablo Cody
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In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.
Diablo Cody
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I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
Charlie Kaufman
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I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
Rachel Griffiths
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I was originally casted to be in the Superman movie but I read the script and realized that it was mysteriously similar to my screenplay for Zach Braff the Movie.
Zach Braff
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I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.
Serena Williams
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Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.
Bruce Joel Rubin
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I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay [Allied].
Steven Knight
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I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one more thing.
Augusten Burroughs
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I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.
Deepa Mehta
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I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
Graeme Simsion
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No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made.
Steven Knight
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In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.
Albert Brooks
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I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.
John Milius
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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I'd love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
Al Yankovic
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The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.
Robert Schwentke
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
Yahoo Serious