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As voted by me, and all of my self. Motivational, inspirational and every other ‘tional’ that matters great quotes help us all be greater (and yes at the back, great is roughly equal to awesome – within a few decimal places).

I love top tens. This one was compiled while I set about unselfishly and unequivocally proving that Google can’t point you in the direction of a Final Draft plug-in that auto-generates scene 17, scanning back through your epic adventure and deriving exactly how the mysterious blonde could save the penguin from the blender.

Anyway, on to the quotes – and yes, before anyone points out that the list contains some people that aren’t actually screenwriters – I know. Glad you’re awake, but they are relevant all the same!

• [ 10 ] Always be yourself…unless you suck - Joss Whedon
• [ 09 ] You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on - Roger Corman
• [ 08 ] There are no dull subjects, only dull writers - H. L. Mencken
• [ 07 ] A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didn’t intend to be there - Spike Lee
• [ 06 ] First get your facts, then distort them at your leisure - Mark Twain

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