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William Monahan Quotes

I never viewed screen drama as a vulgar form, or a lesser one, and I’ve never written it left-handed Picture Quote #1

I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than the top one percent of literary novels Picture Quote #1

If you see, as I do, in edited film, you’re going to end up as a director Picture Quote #1

When I started writing screenplays, as early as I started writing anything, I hadn’t seen any ordinary screenplays. I saw movies and figured out how I thought they should be written Picture Quote #1

I always write as I like to write, and I’ve been thinking about it because I honestly didn’t realize how different my stuff is, until I started looking at other people’s scripts as a producer Picture Quote #1

I’m not a precious text protector, or anything like that, you know, because it’s a much more vital form than that. You have to rock Picture Quote #1

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The thing about movies is if somebody has an idea that works, it’s in, and I say that as a screenwriter as well as a director Picture Quote #1

For some reason, I seem to work well with actors. I love working with them Picture Quote #1

If you decide to do Hamlet in a funny hat staged in a ruined factory, it doesn’t make you Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

Saying directors don’t write because they don’t type is very wrong, it’s like saying Dylan doesn’t write music because he doesn’t write notation Picture Quote #1

I was always entirely about work, about getting where I am now. If I’m not working I’m thinking about it, though at some point I learned not to talk about it very much Picture Quote #1

I think that gambling is a synthetic experience and that if you have any balls you gamble with your life. I have. So can everybody else Picture Quote #1

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You can believe in originals only if you just don’t know their context within literature. Certainly I believe in originality, but it lies with the teller, not the tale Picture Quote #1

You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn’t obvious in the first draft you’re kind of screwed Picture Quote #1

Redrafts can be very lucrative for me, but you must understand that if films go through many drafts or writers it’s because someone doesn’t want to do the picture and never will Picture Quote #1

If you need someone to come out of the sewer with a wire you don’t hire someone who needs laborious collective instruction. You let someone do his job, whether he’s a focus puller or a surgeon Picture Quote #1

Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn’t hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He knows how to work, which is why you hired him Picture Quote #1

A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn’t the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing’s a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone Picture Quote #1

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Wisdom is not having illusions, especially anything in your own mind that elevates you above others Picture Quote #1

Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide Picture Quote #1

Look at what people are trying to conceal, and you’ll see that they’re revealing everything Picture Quote #1

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I never viewed screen drama as a vulgar form, or a lesser one, and I’ve never written it left-handed (William Monahan Quotes) I came into screenwriting from an odd direction, because the first screenplay that I read was and is better as writing than the top one percent of literary novels (William Monahan Quotes) If you see, as I do, in edited film, you’re going to end up as a director (William Monahan Quotes) When I started writing screenplays, as early as I started writing anything, I hadn’t seen any ordinary screenplays. I saw movies and figured out how I thought they should be written (William Monahan Quotes) I always write as I like to write, and I’ve been thinking about it because I honestly didn’t realize how different my stuff is, until I started looking at other people’s scripts as a producer (William Monahan Quotes) I’m not a precious text protector, or anything like that, you know, because it’s a much more vital form than that. You have to rock (William Monahan Quotes) The thing about movies is if somebody has an idea that works, it’s in, and I say that as a screenwriter as well as a director (William Monahan Quotes) For some reason, I seem to work well with actors. I love working with them (William Monahan Quotes) If you decide to do Hamlet in a funny hat staged in a ruined factory, it doesn’t make you Shakespeare (William Monahan Quotes) Saying directors don’t write because they don’t type is very wrong, it’s like saying Dylan doesn’t write music because he doesn’t write notation (William Monahan Quotes) I was always entirely about work, about getting where I am now. If I’m not working I’m thinking about it, though at some point I learned not to talk about it very much (William Monahan Quotes) I think that gambling is a synthetic experience and that if you have any balls you gamble with your life. I have. So can everybody else (William Monahan Quotes) You can believe in originals only if you just don’t know their context within literature. Certainly I believe in originality, but it lies with the teller, not the tale (William Monahan Quotes) You know a shooter when you see it. At least the creative people do. If a picture isn’t obvious in the first draft you’re kind of screwed (William Monahan Quotes) Redrafts can be very lucrative for me, but you must understand that if films go through many drafts or writers it’s because someone doesn’t want to do the picture and never will (William Monahan Quotes) If you need someone to come out of the sewer with a wire you don’t hire someone who needs laborious collective instruction. You let someone do his job, whether he’s a focus puller or a surgeon (William Monahan Quotes) Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn’t hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He knows how to work, which is why you hired him (William Monahan Quotes) A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn’t the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing’s a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone (William Monahan Quotes) Wisdom is not having illusions, especially anything in your own mind that elevates you above others (William Monahan Quotes) Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide (William Monahan Quotes) Look at what people are trying to conceal, and you’ll see that they’re revealing everything (William Monahan Quotes)

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