If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.
I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.
There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.
I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
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 write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.
Screenplays aren't written to be read, they're written to be made into movies.
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.
To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.
Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.
My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.
I'm currently writing a screenplay that I haven't started yet.
I present the nominees, well, not me the Voice of God, for Best Screenplay.
I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.
There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.
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.