Screenwriting is about condensing.Nick HornbyTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“Screenwriting is about condensing.
“Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness.”Nick HornbyComplicated
“I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.”Diablo CodyScreenwriting
“I think if I've worked anything through with screenwriting it's that I'm not going to be able to work anything through.”Charlie KaufmanScreenwriting
“I just stopped playing. I did some screenwriting and got into the nature thing. Music kind of went away.”Billy Squier
“I always naturally want to change things up if I possibly can. I never want to write a sequel to a book. I don't want to go back over things. I don't want to adapt my own books for the screen. That's something that's important to me, the keeping it fresh.”Nick HornbyAdapt
“When you're adapting a novel, there are always scenes taken out of the book, and no matter which scenes they are, it's always someone's favorite. As a screenwriter, you realize, 'Well, it doesn't work if you include everyone's favorite scenes.'”Nick HornbyAdapting
“I think that screenwriting probably isn't seen as writing in the same way that novel-writing is seen as writing. But I certainly don't see it that way.”Alex GarlandScreenwriting