writing Quotes

If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.

It's really hard to talk about writing, and I'm usually conscious if I'm misleading people or misleading the questioner, because the problem with writing is the next line.

The possibilities are infinite with new writing; every time you open a new script, there's no limit to what it might contain.

I think I'm a difficult conventional writer.

Rewriting isn't just about dialogue; it's the order of the scenes, how you finish a scene, how you get into a scene.

When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process.

The whole excitement for writing anything is quite intense. And for a day or two, you think you've done everything extremely well. The problems start on the third day, and continues for the rest of your life.

A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.

I write out of my intellectual experience.