Rob Lowe Quotes

It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more.

There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.

There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

I did 'Red Riding,' which is TV in the U.K. It became a feature project in North America, but we're in a great era of TV. We all know that, and we hear it all the time, but for filmmakers, it's just a godsend to have your television writing and work to do on television, and the means to do it properly.

I have a pretty big TV background, and I have clocked so many hours in so many writers' rooms over the years.

After film school, I would write 8 hours a day on film and 8 hours a night on TV, and then sleep once and a while.

I feel like there's a lot of great writing on television.

I wrote for 'The Sopranos' and worked on big, blustery characters for quite a while.

There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt, even when I got out of school and started reading scripts - the really smart, character-driven stuff tends to be smaller films, and they just don't get made.

For all the hundreds of scripts that are out there, there's not that many that are amazing.

There are a lot of good writers in TV!

I love movies, I love television and I know that the kind of stuff I love to watch and that's what I want to do.

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.

There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.

Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's medium.

The most despised sector of Hollywood are the writers. A good writer is quickly promoted to a 'concept man' - and then a producer - because he's too valuable to simply be a writer.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.

I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.