Screenwriters Quotations

When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons.

My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.

I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.

There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

Too few journalists become screenwriters. I say to all the would-be screenwriters: Become journalists. And I’ll say to working journalists: Do not stay journalists. Become screenwriters.

I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set during production.

You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life.