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, odds are that actors will not come, and a movie will never be made.
William MonahanAs a director, you're given a tremendous apparatus to work with, and very great talents are available to you.
William MonahanA 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.
William MonahanLook at what people are trying to conceal, and youโll see that theyโre revealing everything.
William Monahan