A 'scream' is always just that - a noise and not music. Carl Jung musicnoisescream Change image and share on social
A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. Thomas Pynchon comparehappenscream Change image and share on social
A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage. Bela Lugosi actorcompensatehundred Change image and share on social
A screenplay adaptation of my 'Punktown' novel 'Health Agent' has been making the rounds. The screenplay was written by my friend, singer/songwriter Walter Egan of 'Magnet & Steel' fame! Jeffrey Thomas adaptationagentegan Change image and share on social
A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built. Nicholas Meyer blueprintbuildfinish Change image and share on social
A screenplay is really a blueprint for something that will be filmed. Therefore you must always keep in mind that whatever you write is going to be staged, for real. D. J. MacHale blueprintfilmmind Change image and share on social
A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the costumes and make-up, the actors' reading of a line or emphasis of a word, the choice of lens and the pace of the cutting - these are all part of the translation. David Nicholls actorcastchoice share on social
A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They called, and I told them I had a novel in my drawer about a high school election that goes haywire. They asked to take a look, and my life changed pretty dramatically as a result. Tom Perrotta askcallchange share on social
A script arrived, and on the front cover - scrawled really big, as if it were a book report - is 'Django Unchained, written by Quentin Tarantino.' And I thought, 'Well, no art department came up with this; this is Quentin's writing.' Dennis Christopher arriveartbig share on social
A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If you're not thinking of that end product, there's going to be a disconnect. Evan Daugherty blueprintdisconnectend Change image and share on social