“I wrote the script for Rocky in three days. I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary. And did that ever make the bestseller list?”
Sylvester Stallone

“Most heads of studio stop reading scripts when they get their jobs and become hostage to the reports of low-paid readers, who are usually young, frustrated filmmakers.”
John Boorman

“It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.”
Natalie Imbruglia

“The world intrudes in my brain daily.”
Eric Bogosian

“I loved acting, and then acting led to writing, and writing led to directing.”
Tom McCarthy