I'm usually the first guy to propose a change because I'm continuing my process. We're in a context, in this business, a context in which most screenplays work on a very modest level of achievement, in that a lot of them aren't really written by what you would call writers.
William MonahanYou just have to know what you want and what you're doing and it leads to a kind of general well-being, which I think you sensed when you were there.
William MonahanWhatever you cut when there's no deadline isn't really a cut. You're just pushing colors around.
William MonahanGetting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn't hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He knows how to work, which is why you hired him.
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