Screenwriting Quotes

“The best thing you can do is to have a good script and a good story, because if you don't have that, you don't have anything.”

“Being a screenwriter is like being a ghost. You're there, but you're not there.”

“I like spare, clean dialogue.”

“Writing a good movie is not as easy as it looks. It's a hell of a lot harder.”

“A good script is a good script, it doesn't matter where it comes from.”

“A screenplay is a blueprint for a film, but it's not the film itself.”

“The script is the most important thing. If you don't have a good script, you don't have a good movie.”

“The script is the blueprint for the film.”

“The first 15 pages are the most important part of the script.”

“I’ve always felt that the best part of filmmaking is the script part. You’re the architect. You’re building it from the ground up.”

“There's nothing wrong with the movies that a good script can't cure.”

“You cannot make a good movie out of a bad script.”

“The most important thing in a movie is the story. Without a good story, you have nothing.”

“What makes a movie work is a good story. Without a good story, you have nothing.”

“The first Frankenstein... I made the monster the victim. That was new.”

“No one can write a good script alone.”

“Prévert was more than a screenwriter; he was the soul of my films.”

“It's all about the script. You can have the greatest actors and the greatest director in the world, but if you don't have a good script, you have nothing.”

“I always said the writer should have the first and the last word. The last word is 'no'.”

“I don't think you can be a good director without a good script.”