“It is the golden age of a screenwriter. In this era, if a script writer, has the content, potential and patience to sit and write, he will be rewarded”
“If there are specialized screenplay writers in Tamil, I can make 4 films a year”
“I’m a reluctant writer. I always look to collaborate with writers”
“Inspiration for stories can come from our daily surroundings, from mythologies and epics. Stories are there around you, be it epics like Mahabharat, Ramayan or real life incidences.”
“Even if you know the story, it is the screenplay that makes the film worth watching.”
“Only if we get good writers, we get good films. And only then our industry grows bigger”
“Writing and Imagining is the most joyful part of film making”
“I am always looking for writers. I think they do what I do, much better.”
“I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or John Grisham’s The Rainmaker. I felt that I didn’t have the right to Francis Coppola’s anything unless I had written the story and the screenplay.”
“There is no point in having sharp images when you’ve fuzzy ideas.”
“Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot—the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.”
“Once you crack the script, everything else follows.”
“Writing screenplay is one of the toughest jobs in the world.”