Screenwriting 101: John August
“Sometimes it’s like, you wrote one really good sentence. You may never get called out for it, the props for it you deserve, but you know…
“Sometimes it’s like, you wrote one really good sentence. You may never get called out for it, the props for it you deserve, but you know you wrote a really good sentence. Unlike a lot of jobs in this business, at least you have the pages you wrote. A director doesn’t have anything unless someone gives him permission to make a movie. A writer can always write a script. That’s one of the great luxuries we have: Words are cheap.”
— John August
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