Olivia Wilde Quotes

I tried to write a TV series, and then I discovered first of all that I love writing more than anything on this earth, and that you could write exactly as well as you want to.

I discovered John Truby ten years ago when a friend told me about his screenwriting course. I studied Truby's principles for a year and -- using them -- I wrote the first draft of The Thieves of Ostia in two weeks. I go back to his teachings before each new book I write. Each time I study Truby, I learn something new.

I discovered that writing was very nice indeed when I was very young, and I never changed. I don't think my style has changed very much at all - though I hope what I say is a bit more interesting. It's about getting to know a character and loving them, I think.

I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

'The Full Monty' was my first feature script, and I wasn't that skilled at it.

'Analyze This' is a good movie because Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal are really good. But without the material to put on the play, of course, they couldn't be good. For me, it starts with the writing. I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense.

I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.

I would say, A, you can't really teach anyone how to write good characters, because it's something you have to teach yourself or already have innately in you as a storyteller, and, B, coming up with a good screenplay is a very, very small fraction of what it takes to be a good screenwriter.

I love the idea of directing, I'm not confident enough, but I'm more confident in, well, I'd love to write. I've sort of written my whole life and I think I have a knack for it, so I'd like to write something and see what people think and that would be my first step to directing.

I'm still getting to the good part / the breaking down / learning how to write my story.

Writing, even though it's hard work, is really a joy when you get these characters to come alive. It's hard to trace where they come from. I can't say that I am sitting here one night at nine o'clock and that a character occurs to me. The magic for me happens at the typewriter.

I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card and then I lay them out and I just mix them up.

I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.

Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity.

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

Writing will remain a passion project.

I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up.

Favorite subject? I would have to say creative writing.

I just finished a novel, and I'm back kind of noodling on the screenplays. Screenplays are tough. I am making music, I'm just not sure what kind of music it is or where it's going.

I write novels and other things.

Sometimes I find it tiresome to write actions and describe the scene in a very intricate way so that every crew member understands where we are going - that I can find a little bit long and tiresome. But dialogue is just all my life. There's no way I could ever be challenged, not challenged, but I'm always so happy to write dialogue.

No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written.

Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.