A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn't the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing's a script unless a good writer goes away and does his thing alone.
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.
- 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… - 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…
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…
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 …
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.
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…
I'd been working so hard making the film that I hadn't even emotionally processed the fact that I was a director. - William Monahan
I'd been working so hard making the film that I hadn't even emotionally processed the fact that I was a director.
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.
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