Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.
There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.
Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.
If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.
In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.
I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.
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.
Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay [Allied].
No screenplay is possible, unless you get some attachment from somebody who's going to get it made.
I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.
The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.
I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
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.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.
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.
In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.
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.
