Leonard Mlodinow Quotes

I had grown up loving movies and had always wanted to write them.

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

My approach to making movies is different than other people, because I just write a lot of screenplays. I'm constantly writing screenplays.

Film-makers are greedy people - we want good stories and good subjects.

I'd love to do writing for Hollywood.

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.

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.

I like to write, and I would love to be a screenwriter one day and a director.

I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film.

I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.

I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

I didn't have a burning desire to be a writer or director - writer probably more so, certainly not a director.

I just want to write movies. And I try very hard.

I'm just a sucker for a good script and people that are passionate about it. I love independents.

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

As a writer, you're not even at the party when you work in film. At best, you're the one laying out the canapes.

I would love to do a commercial film. But my hero is the script.

It seems to me the big weakness in most films is the writing. You can learn directing, but you can't learn writing.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

I want to write and direct a movie one day.

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

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.

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

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