Brian Koppelman Quotes & Sayings

If you are rigorous in your own R&D in whatever your area is, you do your own testing, and you really stress-test the thing that you do, I think that gives you a tremendous amount of inner fortitude when you come up against the monolith. — Brian Koppelman

Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid. — Brian Koppelman

The step that a lot of people miss is a dispassionate evaluation of the reasons [for rejection]. If you can dispassionately evaluate the reasons for rejection and find them with merit, you can address them; if without merit, you can ignore them. — Brian Koppelman

You don't need any expert's permission to write your story, your way. — Brian Koppelman

For artists, there's a very fine line between delusion and belief. — Brian Koppelman

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide. — Brian Koppelman

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about. — Brian Koppelman

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely. — Brian Koppelman

Hollywood is a land of self-invention. — Brian Koppelman

What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination. — Brian Koppelman