Generally, screenplays suck.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Most screenplays I receive are boring, and some are straight-out bad.
It's hard writing screenplays.
My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.
A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie.
I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.
I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.
Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
If you're writing a novel, you can afford to see where the spirit takes you, but in terms of structure and engineering with a screenplay, you have to be quite pragmatic; otherwise, it will run away from you.
There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.