I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know a…

- John Sayles

I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book.

- John Sayles

I always feel that there are no final victories and no final defeats. But it's true that America is in a hole right now. There are a lot of dead fish…

- John Sayles

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's l…

- John Sayles

The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've got to do …

- John Sayles

Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.

- John Sayles

We just said, 'Okay, you're in the movie. Bring what you would bring for a three-day weekend and I hope you like the way you look in it because once …

- John Sayles

As a screenwriter I'm often writing in genres where there have been thousands of movies; whereas when I direct movies they tend to be in between genr…

- John Sayles

The less money and time you have, the more you haveto plan ahead and be careful about your coverage. It's like a gas:it expands or contracts dependin…

- John Sayles