I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you pretty much get to do the first, second and third draft yourself without a whole lot of interference. John Sayles draftinterferencelot share on social
If you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day. John Sayles cormandaymake Change image and share on social
Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old. John Sayles actactorcheap Change image and share on social
When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories. John Sayles screenwriterstorything Change image and share on social
I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book. John Sayles actagentbook Change image and share on social
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente. John Sayles clementegrowlearn Change image and share on social
The media in America has become so cowed and compromised. John Sayles americacompromisecow Change image and share on social
I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me. John Sayles bookgrowhire share on social
Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money. John Sayles basicallybringcleverness share on social
Those are fun, especially if they're going to shoot them in four weeks, because you know they're not going to mess with anything you do, so it can be very imaginative. John Sayles funimaginativemes Change image and share on social
