“A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.”
Nicholas Meyer
“This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or accepted for publication. You can make whatever suggestions you want, but I probably will ignore them entirely.”
Robert Parker
“If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.”
Quentin Tarantino
“You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.”
Rita Mae Brown
“I personally don't think anybody should be allowed to write a screenplay UNTIL they are over 40. It used to be don't trust anyone over 30; now it is don't hire anyone over 30. I wish I were joking.”
Dirk Benedict
“In many ways, the screenplay really took me back to the original 'Rocky,'”
Joe Roth
“Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.”
Yahoo Serious
