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‘The Fourth Hand’ was a novel that came from twenty years of screenwriting concurrently with whatever novel I’m writing.

John Irving

‘The Fourth Hand’ was a novel that came from twenty years of screenwriting concurrently with whatever novel I’m writing.

John Irving

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I’ve always been a writer, I’ve always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.

Diablo Cody

I’ve always been a writer, I’ve always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.

Diablo Cody

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I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don’t have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don’t have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

Simon Beaufoy

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

Simon Beaufoy

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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Zoe Kazan

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Zoe Kazan

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‘The Fourth Hand’ was a novel that came from twenty years of screenwriting concurrently with whatever novel I’m writing.

John Irving

‘The Fourth Hand’ was a novel that came from twenty years of screenwriting concurrently with whatever novel I’m writing.

John Irving

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I’m very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.

Simon Beaufoy

I’m very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.

Simon Beaufoy

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I don’t think screenwriting is therapeutic. It’s actually really, really hard for me. It’s not an enjoyable process.

Charlie Kaufman

I don’t think screenwriting is therapeutic. It’s actually really, really hard for me. It’s not an enjoyable process.

Charlie Kaufman

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Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it’s just you, with input from your editor.

Meg Cabot

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it’s just you, with input from your editor.

Meg Cabot

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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.

Victoria Aveyard

I definitely have the screenwriting itch.

Victoria Aveyard

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I think that screenwriting probably isn’t seen as writing in the same way that novel-writing is seen as writing. But I certainly don’t see it that way.

Alex Garland

I think that screenwriting probably isn’t seen as writing in the same way that novel-writing is seen as writing. But I certainly don’t see it that way.

Alex Garland

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I’ve been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.

Irvine Welsh

I’ve been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.

Irvine Welsh

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People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess of novel writing, it almost feels like a martial art.

Matt Haig

People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess of novel writing, it almost feels like a martial art.

Matt Haig

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‘The Fourth Hand’ was a novel that came from twenty years of screenwriting concurrently with whatever novel I’m writing.

I’ve always been a writer, I’ve always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.

I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don’t have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

‘The Fourth Hand’ was a novel that came from twenty years of screenwriting concurrently with whatever novel I’m writing.

I’m very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.

I don’t think screenwriting is therapeutic. It’s actually really, really hard for me. It’s not an enjoyable process.

Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it’s just you, with input from your editor.

I definitely have the screenwriting itch.

I think that screenwriting probably isn’t seen as writing in the same way that novel-writing is seen as writing. But I certainly don’t see it that way.

I’ve been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.

People, certainly in the U.K., look down on screenwriting as an art form, but I love the discipline of it. Next to the bagginess of novel writing, it almost feels like a martial art.