Scriptwriting Quotes

“Outside the cinema I had not yet learned to live, but within it I had most certainly learned to die. I could die for you in every way known to man, and in a few ways known only to scriptwriters. I could see now that provided that I remained fit, the future held many more deaths yet. I could only hope that they would serve some purpose, and that perhaps a reputation may come in the same way as a coral formation, which is made up of a deposit of countless tiny corpses.”

“Fifty year old wealthy man resents twenty five year old middle class man, without recalling that 25 years back even he was a poor man.”

“The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?”

“What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story.”

“A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.”

“Principles in a poor is admirable as politeness in a prince.”

“A poor, who hates power, once become powerful, hates poor.”

“Prudence is precaution, prudence is protection.”

“If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter.”

“Words are better than weapons, wisdom is better than war.”