Screenwriters Quotes

“Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.”
― Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

“Here is to all the brilliant minds that love deeply, for they write the stories that make us dream of true love. Here is to all the visionaries that create a miracle when others give up hope. Here is to all the artists, musicians, actors, singers, songwriters, dancers, screenwriters, philosophers, inventors and poetic hearts that create a perspective of heaven we can experience in this lifetime. But most of all, here is to the wild souls that the world calls broken, insane, abnormal, weird or different because they are the ones that renew our faith, by what they overcome and create, in a world that needs a sign that God doesn’t forget the least of us.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When a writer's heart is filled with the music of her soul, her words sing.”
― A.D. Posey

“Walk into the unknown with what you know in your heart.”
― A.D. Posey

“Screenwriting is like poker; in the end, you have to go all in.”
― A.D. Posey

“Try everything; listen to everyone. Follow no one. You are your own story guru!”
― Jeff Lyons, Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success

“With the right tools, you can write anything ...”
― Jeff Lyons, Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success

“Great writers experience their dreams. They put them on paper, where others can read about them.”
― Ellen J. Barrier, The Price We Must Pay for Our Father's Sins

“Novelist by day; screenwriter by night.”
― A.D. Posey

“There is magic in the old and magic in the new; the trick is to successfully combine the two.”
― A.D. Posey

“If you don’t think screenwriting is a work of art, good luck in your life without a soul.”
― A.D. Posey