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Writing Dialogue Quotes

I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation. Tom Stoppard
Jessica Hagedorn quote: "I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is..."
I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. Jessica Hagedorn
But, you say, there is very little conversation in this book. Why isn't there more dialoge? What we want in a book by this citizen is people talking; that is all he knows how to do and now he doesn't do it. The fellow is no philosopher, no savant, an incompetent zoologist, he drinks too much and cannot punctuate readily and now he has stopped writing dialogue. Some one ought to put a stop to him. He is bull crazy. Ernest Hemingway
Steve Buscemi quote: "I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at..."
I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. Steve Buscemi
Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time was the absence of the African voice. Being part of that dialogue meant not only sitting at the table but effectively telling the African story from an African perspective - in full earshot of the world. Chinua Achebe
I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes where we know everything that's going to happen. There's an outline of about seven or eight pages, and then we improvise it. Larry David
I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue. Francis Ford Coppola
George Lucas quote: "He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of..."
He took me from not being able to write a word in terms of writing screenplays to being the king of wooden dialogue. George Lucas
I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real. Zach Braff
Tom Stoppard quote: "I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of..."
I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself. Tom Stoppard
I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works. Ernest Hemingway
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it. Carl Hiaasen
Christopher Walken quote: "I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most..."
I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue. Christopher Walken
I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection. Aaron Sorkin
The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. Richard Rorty

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