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.
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I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.
If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.
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.
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
All of my scripts are based on other people's novels. Generally, I consider myself as one who writes for theatre. I do not see film work as a continuation of writing for theatre. It is more of an interruption of the writing process.
I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it's much better to have an original script that will play to film's strengths.
I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.
The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
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.
I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.