Scriptwriting Quotes

Outside the cinema I had not yet learned to live, but within it I had most certainly learned to die. I could die for you in every way known to man, and in a few ways known only to scriptwriters. I could see now that provided that I remained fit, the future held many more deaths yet. I could only hope that they would serve some purpose, and that perhaps a reputation may come in the same way as a coral formation, which is made up of a deposit of countless tiny corpses.

Christopher Lee

The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?

Billy Marshall-Stoneking

Makebelieve is a writer's best friend.

What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story.

Fifty year old wealthy man resents twenty five year old middle class man, without recalling that 25 years back even he was a poor man.

A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.

Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.

Seed becomes tree, son becomes stranger.

Before you worry about the beauty of your body, worry about the health of your body.

You can not control the thought, but you can control the tongue.

The world is administered by rich but it is constructed by poor.

Health is hearty, health is harmony, health is happiness.

A slip of the foot may injure your body, but a slip of the tongue will injure your bond.

One who doesn't recognise an opportunity is bigger loser than one who tries his hand at an opportunity.

War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.

My spouse is my shield, my spouse is my strength.

Principles in a poor is admirable as politeness in a prince.

Faster is fatal, slower is safe.

Education makes your maths better, not necessarily your manners.

Don't always use prudence for precaution, sometimes use it for progress.

In modern times couples are more concerned about loyalty than love.

Civilians enjoy their time because soldiers sacrifice their time.

Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings.

Mixing old wine with new wine is stupidity, but mixing old wisdom with new wisdom is maturity.

The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions.

Words are better than weapons, wisdom is better than war.

Don't compare the size of your roof with the size of the sky.

Brilliance of the brain must be admired more than beauty of the body.

Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.

Simplicity saves strength.

Action achieves ambition.

Rich can live better than poor but they cannot live without poor.

A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits.

In general, poor is polite and rich is rude.

Anything which you have in profusion is poison

Prudence is precaution, prudence is protection.

Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.

An assembly is extra slow in taking actions.

If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter.

For few matters you need to be solo, for some matters you need soul mate and for many matters you need society,

If she says goodbye, someone else will say hi.

Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.

Routine ruins the life, variety vitalise the life.

During your struggle society is not a bunch of flowers, it is a bunch of cactus.

In the business people with expertise, experience and evidence will make more profitable decisions than people with instinct, intuition and imagination.

Passion makes you good, but pride stops you to get better.

The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.

The mistakes of the world are warning message for you.

Don't mention your move before you make a move.

The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.

Fear of failure is fiction, face this fact and fear will fall.

Take care of your costume and your confidence will take care of itself.

Hunger gives flavour to the food.

With right fashion, every female would be a flame.

Diet food is not a meal its a medicine.

All worries are less with wine.

Some people when they see cheese, chocolate or cake they don't think of calories.

The salt is to the food, what soul is to the body.

A good food is mouthwatering when you see it and finger licking when you eat it.

We love our mother because she cares and also because she cooks.

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