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Martin McDonagh Quotes about Writing

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Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.

Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.

Martin McDonagh
Attitude, Writing, Trying
"The wild west" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2001.

When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.

Martin McDonagh
Writing, Character, Knowing

I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.

Martin McDonagh
Writing
Source: collider.com

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

Martin McDonagh
Writing, Stuff, Scripts

I love actors. Part of that is my theater background and being a writer who cares about performance. Actors have usually chosen their profession because they have a dream of doing it and they want to express something about the world. That's the same thing that I have with writing. Most of the good actors get into it for those reason, rather than for reasons of fame or fortune, or anything like that, and that's where I'm coming from, as a storyteller.

Martin McDonagh
Dream, Writing, World
"Martin McDonagh on Directing 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' and Writing for Frances McDormand". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 12, 2017.

I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one unless you know it's not a blueprint for a film; you're not going to get the action right and the story right.

Martin McDonagh
Writing, Thinking, Play
"Interview: Martin McDonagh On A ‘Pillowman’ Movie, ‘Seven Psychopaths’ And The Genius Of Sam Rockwell". Interview with Oliver Lyttelton, www.indiewire.com. December 6, 2012.

Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.

Martin McDonagh
Art, Writing, Theatre

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