Comments on: Kurosawa on Screenwriting [Yes, He Had An Opinion] https://www.thestorydepartment.com/kurosawa-on-screenwriting/ Story. Screenplay. Sale. Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:28:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Miri Stone https://www.thestorydepartment.com/kurosawa-on-screenwriting/#comment-569 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:05:12 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=9471#comment-569 SOOOOOOO inspiring – thank you Karel for bringing together such a breadth of inspiration and insights into your blog. And thank you Mystery Man. A pleasure to read your thoughts, as always… I think the most inspiring thing of this article was this nugget of gold:

‘Those who say an assistant director’s job doesn’t allow him any free time for writing are just cowards. Perhaps you can write only one page a day, but if you do it every day, at the end of the year you’ll have 365 pages of script. I began in this spirit, with a target of one page a day.

There was nothing I could do about the nights I had to work till dawn, but when I had time to sleep, even after crawling into bed I would turn out two or three pages. Oddly enough, when I put my mind to writing, it came more easily than I had thought it would, and I wrote quite a few scripts.’

Awesome.

]]> By: Steve https://www.thestorydepartment.com/kurosawa-on-screenwriting/#comment-568 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:43:35 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=9471#comment-568 Something Like an Autobiography is an excellent book.
I like how Kurosawa wrote about his personal experiences, ranging from his childhood right through his film career, rather than dictate a theory or set of rules designed for others to follow.

I found a lot that interested me in the book and I strongly recommend it. :)

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