I seem finally to have stopped worrying about Elinor, and age. She seems now to be perfectly normal -- about twenty-five, a witty control freak. I like her but I can see how she would drive you mad. She's just the sort of person you'd want to get dru...
[Over breakfast] We discussed the 'novelisation' question. This is where the studio pay someone to novelise my script and sell it as . I've said if this happens I will hang myself. Revolting notion. Beyond revolting. Lindsay [Doran] said that the exe...
Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.
I've never read a screenplay in advance. You trust the artist.
The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.
I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.
Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.
The last person they expected to connect with a screenplay was the comedic, blonde actress with the funny voice.
My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.
I write screenplays in the middle of the night.
Our first point of discussion is the hunt. (...) My idea is to start the film with an image of the vixen locked out of her lair which has been plugged up. Her terror as she's pursued across the country. This is a big deal. It means training a fox fro...
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.
I - will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all.
The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards.
If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.
I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything.
The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right.
You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade.
I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
