10 Screenwriters on Screenwriting: Vol. 6
Professional screenwriters reflect on the craft.
Professional screenwriters reflect on the craft.
“To make something really great and different and interesting means taking risks and following these ideas in your head.”
— Brad Bird
“Reprogram your brain so THE END isn’t a giant finish line. You got pages done today. You’ll do more tomorrow.”
— Eric Heisserer
“It’s really important to know not to panic, it’s all going to come together; you’ve just got to keep pushing forward.”
— Lisa Cholodenko
“Emotion, by definition, is invisible. So cinema is, by definition, dealing with the invisible.”
— Jim Sheridan
“The blank page is the greatest moment of writing a script… be happy that you have the privilege of facing it.”
— Lorenzo Semple Jr.
“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.”
— Joss Whedon
“I think one of the reasons that people resent writers is because when we are writing, we are God.”
— Phil Alden Robinson
“The people I believe in the most create work about people who are real. When people see truth in art, it resonates.”
— Jill Soloway
“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Just get it done.”
— Justin Marks
“What does this character want and more importantly why do they want it? Those are what I look at as I’m writing dialogue.”
— Brad Ingelsby
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