American Screenwriter Quotes

Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.

Lord Farquaad speaking

Ted Elliott (screenwriter)

We've all selected the wrong partners, all gotten hurt, and hopefully all moved on wiser for the experience. But there are those who, even in the face of constant disappointment, continue to believe that the intensity of their desire will be rewarded by an eventual jackpot of affection. And if that's the slot machine you're playing, friend, you'd better leave the casino 'cause that one don't pay out

Here's the Remains of the Day lunchbox. Kids don't like eating at school, but if they have a Remains of the Day lunchbox they're a lot happier.

Christopher Guest

Bernie: Can you help me? I have lost my sense of direction.
Kermit: Have you tried Hare Krishna?

The Cross was the manifestation of Divine love without reserve or limit; but it was also the expression of man's unutterable malignity.

Robert Anderson

Always know and remember that you are more than your physical body.

Self-pity had always been her sincerest emotion...

I gotta tell you, I am loving this yada yada thing. I can gloss over my whole life story.

Lie to me. Tell me all these years you've waited. Tell me.

Heroes, while it was cancelled last year for low ratings on the network, ironically was the number one downloaded show in the world that year above shows like Lost and 24 and that kind of thing. For a show like Heroes that had all of these illegal downloading, pirating, I wore that as a badge of honour. That's exactly the kind of fan that you want! The kind that actively goes out and find your show.

The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences, and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone.

Attention vermin, you are in the presence of a colossus.

I don't believe there is any finer mission on earth than just to make people laugh.

Roscoe Arbuckle

My corn I take serious because it's my corn, and my potatoes and my tomatoes and fences I take note of because they're mine. But this war is not mine and I take no note of it!

James Lee Barrett

Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own critical—and creative—thinking... For me, everything I questioned about what it meant to be a man – and how much my sexuality would perpetually challenge those meanings—could be found in arguments posed by feminists. What can I say? I identified.

Let's go again to Niag'ra,
This time we'll look at the Fall.
Let's leave our hut, Dear,
Get out of our rut, Dear,
Let's get away from it all.

And the most dangerous place on earth— Is where you're safe.

Don't forgive and never forget; do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves.

The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you didn't write.

The Great Actor always must act. … Every last second of his life must be pose and posture.

Lionel Barrymore

Being out on the edge, with everything at risk, is where you learn and grow the most.

I learned long ago to never be disappointed by people. Especially politicians.

I guess I think that films have to be made totally by fascists – there's no room for democracy in making film.

D. A. Pennebaker

In every living soul, a spirit cries for expression—perhaps this plaintive, wailing song of Jazz is, after all, the misunderstood utterance of a prayer.

Samson Raphaelson

He was a king and a god in the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization merely a captive—a show to gratify your curiosity. Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World!

James Ashmore Creelman