Quotes by Screenwriters If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter. Akira Kurosawa screenwriters want directors Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch. Albert Brooks screenwriters hollywood watches I have a lot of screenwriter friends and many of them have had an experience where they aren't even welcome on set during production. Diablo Cody screenwriters welcome productions I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible. Eric Roth concise screenwriters thinking You are the executive director and screenwriter of your life. Eric Thomas executives screenwriters directors When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons. James Frey mercenary screenwriters reason Too few journalists become screenwriters. I say to all the would-be screenwriters: Become journalists. And I’ll say to working journalists: Do not stay journalists. Become screenwriters. Nora Ephron screenwriters journalist would-be My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist. Sadie Jones screenwriters novelists father I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter. Vikram Chatwal screenwriters models actors