Marshall Brickman Quotes

If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. I always had a mind for characters and dialogue, and my head was filled with that stuff, so it seemed like a good place to start.

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world.

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.

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

I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

Since I began making movies, I've always looked for screenwriters instead of going through the long and painful process of writing.

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 have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay.

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 you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.

I love movies, I love television and I know that the kind of stuff I love to watch and that's what I want to do.

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 knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.

I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

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 am happy that I'm a better novelist than a screenwriter.

In Hollywood, they think they know it all. You, as a writer, are essentially an outsider. Novelists and short-story writers, especially.

I want to write, act, and direct!

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.

Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film.

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.