Tom Cruise Quotes

I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be in a room with a bunch of people working on a movie.

Every film starts with the script.

It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his electronic bag of tricks, can ever afford to forget his commitment to the written word.

I'm a big believer that the script is your bible.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

Whenever I hear the narration for a new film, I have this process back home where my mother reads all my scripts.

Many times, what's in the script doesn't make it to the film these days, and when you choose a job, you take it based on genre and whom you're going to work with, if you believe in them.

I started out working as a script editor and storyliner.

It's not about Hollywood, it's always about a good script for me.

You just have to go with a good story and a script that you like and people that you like to work with.

It makes a world of difference when you start with an amazing script.

TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing.

One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man.

I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good.

In the case of 'Blood Stone,' the producers, EON, Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, David Wilson and Gregg Wilson, had an idea for a story and had a lot of it done. And I came in, worked with them, fleshed it out.

I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.

I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.

I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.

If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.

I love the process of working with a filmmaker and the writers and the actors.

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

A producer friend of mine from film school had read some of my early screenplays - some experiments I had done to see how fast I could write something.

It's good to work with a writer-director.

I just want to work on good scripts.