“You know, my problem with most screenwriting is it is a blueprint. It’s like they’re afraid to write the damn thing. And I’m a writer. That’s what I do. I want it to be written. I want it to work on the page first and foremost. So when I’m writing the script, I’m not thinking about the viewer watching the movie. I’m thinking about the reader reading the script.”
—Quentin Tarantino
2009 NPR Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross
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Scott W. Smith is the author of Screenwriting with Brass Knuckles
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