I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.
I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.
I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter.
Being a professional screenwriter is perhaps the hardest occupation. Because nothing is ever yours and, by the nature of the medium, you are never ultimately responsible for your work. It can be interesting - if you have another outlet.
I've never written a movie, I'm not in the movie business. I go out to L.A. and I'm like everyone else wandering around in a daze hoping I see movie stars. I write the novels that the movies are based on, and that feels like enough of a job for me.
When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios.
I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.
If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.
I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.