Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn't hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He knows how to work, which is why you hired him.
The empirical is very important, but merit is inherent and not acquired. A university is massively important because you can see where you stand natu… - William Monahan
The empirical is very important, but merit is inherent and not acquired. A university is massively important because you can see where you stand natu…
- William Monahan
Refreshing honesty has been getting me in trouble since I was five, but it's probably had some positive effects - like not being a liar. - William Monahan
Refreshing honesty has been getting me in trouble since I was five, but it's probably had some positive effects - like not being a liar.
Even though a screenplay is performed only once, unlike other forms of drama, it's still a performance in itself, and unless it's a great performance… - William Monahan
Even though a screenplay is performed only once, unlike other forms of drama, it's still a performance in itself, and unless it's a great performance…
When I was very young, you would get the TV listings from The Globe and The Herald, and you would basically go through them, circle things, and map o… - William Monahan
When I was very young, you would get the TV listings from The Globe and The Herald, and you would basically go through them, circle things, and map o…
I think that scripts should be published, but they are published, really, because when you're a screenwriter, your stuff ends up in samizdat form on … - William Monahan
I think that scripts should be published, but they are published, really, because when you're a screenwriter, your stuff ends up in samizdat form on …
If you need someone to come out of the sewer with a wire you don't hire someone who needs laborious collective instruction. You let someone do his jo… - William Monahan
If you need someone to come out of the sewer with a wire you don't hire someone who needs laborious collective instruction. You let someone do his jo…
I don't like scripts leaking. On the other hand, the more real attention a script gets, the better. - William Monahan
I don't like scripts leaking. On the other hand, the more real attention a script gets, the better.
When I was young I was only thinking of writing, and whatever was going on was unreal and comparatively unimportant. - William Monahan
When I was young I was only thinking of writing, and whatever was going on was unreal and comparatively unimportant.
It wasn't just British gangster films that really did for me as a kid, personally, it was British films in general. - William Monahan
It wasn't just British gangster films that really did for me as a kid, personally, it was British films in general.
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