“I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.” IfsThinkingWayProtectPaperDirectDo It Yourself Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“If we based everything in Hollywood on who was a nice guy, holy moly, we would have no movies. No actors would work. This is not an industry that is ruled by kindness and generosity.” IfsGuyActorsKindnessNiceIndustryHolyHollywoodGenerosityNice Guy Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“If something ain't working, it ain't working. You can't stick with it.” IfsSticksWorking It Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“You've gotta have a path [in your life]. And then, within that path, you have to be flexible. When things aren't working, you've gotta cut bait and find something else, but if you don't have a path, you're just dead.” IfsPathCuttingFlexibleBait Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“It helps, if you've directed, to be able to write a script that is director-friendly. You're really telling them [directors], "This is how it works on this show." It takes some of the guesswork out of it.” IfsWritingHelpingShowsAbleDirectorsScriptsWork OutFriendlyGuesswork Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“It's tough to get any film made, even if you're Martin Scorsese. It's just hard to get films made.” IfsMadeHardFilmToughScorsese Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“I think you can't go into any story-breaking process thinking, 'What if they come off as unlikeable?' You just gotta break the story because if you know who your character is, the story will tell you. The story will dictate and say, "This feels off-kilter for this particular person."” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsPersonsCharacterStoriesProcessBreakParticularWhat IfThinking What If Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“The problem is that if we had known Satan was taking over the world we would have needed a whole other budget for, like, dragons and flying demons and, you know, like the sun disappearing from the world. Winter is coming. It would have been so expensive the way we would have needed to do it, had we known that the apocalypse was coming.” IfsKnowsWorldWayHas BeensWholeProblemKnownSunNeededWinterDisappearFlyingBudgetsSatanDemonExpensiveDragonsApocalypseWinter Is Coming Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
