A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built. -Nicholas Meyer

 

A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.


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This quote is just one of 7 total Nicholas Meyer quotes in our collection. Nicholas Meyer is known for saying 'A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.

Nicholas Meyer

His life reads like a movie that requires a big bag of popcorn.

Nicholas Meyer

From the first page of the book...[Roosevelt's] life reads like a movie that requires a big bag of popcorn, ... We start at 25, as he begins to transform himself through sheer force of will from this asthmatic, nearsighted 125-pounder to this Sherman tank of a man so tough that he once got shot on the way to make a speech and completed his talk, bleeding with a bullet in his chest.

Nicholas Meyer

A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.

Nicholas Meyer

We start at 25, as he begins to transform himself through sheer force of will from this asthmatic, nearsighted 125-pounder to this Sherman tank of a man, so tough that he once got shot on the way to make a speech and completed his talk, bleeding with a bullet in his chest.

Nicholas Meyer