Dirk Benedict Writing Quotations

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.