Film Writing Quotes

• Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Writing, Character, Stories

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• Essentially, the scripts are not that different. Let's say, in literary terms, it's the difference between writing horizontally and writing vertically. In live television, you wrote much more vertically. You had to probe people because you didn't have money or sets or any of the physical dimensions that film will allow you. So you generally probed people a little bit more. Film writing is much more horizontal. You can insert anything you want: meadows, battlefields, the Taj Mahal, a cast of thousands. But essentially, writing a story is writing a story.

  Rod Serling

  Writing, Differences, People

  Source: www.rodserling.com

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• Making really great music, making really great films, writing great books is an antidote to all of that. And, as people, as artists, some of the massive disruption that technology is causing is so exciting, the way that people can share creativity now.

  Edward Norton

  Book, Writing, Creativity

  Interview with Bennett Miller, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 3, 2014.

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• Film writing and concert writing are two very different things. In film writing I am serving the film and it tells you what to write. I have to stay within the parameters of the film. In writing concert music for the stage I can write anything I want and in this day and modern age rules can be broken.

  Aaron Zigman

  Writing, Two, Broken

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• My original goal was just to do stand-up but then I became interested in films - writing a film, shooting one someday, and getting to act in them.

  Demetri Martin

  Writing, Goal, Shooting

  Source: thelaughbutton.com

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• Both sex and death are eternal themes. You could make thousands of movies on this theme, and whether you have a human being who is painting, singing, making a film, writing, these are the themes that you will come back to and return to. If you don't have any of these artistic expressions, sex is one of the only gifts that nature gave you for free, so it is very important to celebrate it. And then, with death, we are condemned to that. This is absolutely present in our lives.

  Pedro Almodovar

  Sex, Writing, Expression

  "Pedro Almodóvar Talks I’M SO EXCITED, the Role of Sex and Death in His Work, Making the “Gayest Film” He’s Done in 20 Years, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 24, 2013.

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• I think television is moving more into movies, particularly with serialization and almost cinematic proportions and expectations. A show like 'Game of Thrones' is a perfect example of that, or even a show like 'The Wire,' which isn't all about instant gratification it's about inviting someone into the long experience of television the way you'd be invited into a theater for two hours. So I think in that way, and the quality of writing in television is probably much better than most film writing.

  Bryan Singer

  Moving, Writing, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

  Samantha Morton

  Writing, Thinking, Stories

  "Samantha Morton: 'I was abused for a long time and I retaliated'". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• It certainly made a film writing career for me.

  Buck Henry

  Writing, Careers, Film

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• I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

  Robert Morgan

  Movie, Writing, School

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