John Dunne Quotes

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

Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.

I think writing is the most underrated thing in Hollywood.

Without writers, none of the entertainment would exist. It starts with writers. Writers are the most important piece of the entire puzzle.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

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.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

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

I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer.

I come from a family of writers. My mom had been a writer, nonfiction books, and her mother was a playwright in the 1930s and '40s. And my twin brother, Alexi, is a writer on 'The Following.'

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.

For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.

If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired.

I like scripts. I spend a lot of time writing them.

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

I always had a gift with writing. I can really write. I always felt like I can write movies or somehow get into that.

I'll never be a TV writer.

It was interesting to write ad films and scripts for TV shows before I moved on to writing a feature film. That helped me grow as a writer, and I also found out how long I could sit in front of a computer and see something through.

I knew very early on I wanted to be a television writer. My teachers told me I was a strong writer and had a voice. I really leaned in to that.

I'd love to do writing for Hollywood.

The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room together, I know where their muscles need to be.

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.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.

When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script.