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A script is like a theory of a movie.

The script of a play is not a finished product: It's a set of instructions.

The script is just a blueprint.

The hardest thing about writing a script is you finish it, but it doesn't mean anything. It's not like a novel or short story - a script is meant to be made into a movie.

Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.

Scripts are very different to books. They are blueprints for building, not the building.

The business of taking a book and transforming into a script to make this thing called a film - it's a mysterious process to me; sometimes it works.

A film is different than a script. The text of the script is what it is.

A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.