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 left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.'
John SaylesNot that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that.
John SaylesI probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I did when I was trying to raise money.
John SaylesWhen I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.
John Sayles