Screenwriting 101: Billy Ray
“Chinatown took 17 drafts. And none of us are as good as Robert Towne. Amadeus, I think, took 46. And none of us are as good as Peter Shaffer. All that means is the previous 45 of Amadeus, someone said, ‘Peter, you can do better.’ And I’m sure it pissed him off and hurt his feelings, but he kept writing, and he wound up with one of the best movies ever.”
— Billy Ray