Richard Curtis

“If you just work on stuff that you love and you're passionate about, you don't have to have a master plan with how things will play out.”

“I think the British have a peculiar talent for being funny. It's a national characteristic.”

“The way you write a film is that you're on a journey. It's a journey into the unknown.”

“I've always been a fan of a good ending.”

“There's that lovely thing about writing a book or a film: you can correct your own life. You can make it better.”

“Everyday life is interesting enough, that you don't need to tackle big issues.”

“I would have been a much more successful person if I'd been a bit more ruthless. But I'm not, and that's that.”

“The first draft of a script is always crap.”

“You know, the great thing about rom-coms is that they're not about big issues. They're about small things.”

“Life is a mixture of drama and comedy. And I think that's what makes it so interesting.”

“I always say, 'If you want to be a writer, just write.' It's a simple, but it's a profound thing.”

“I have a theory that all human beings are secretly opinionated, and they're just waiting for the right moment to let it out.”

“The great thing about 'Just Shoot Me' is that they're a group of people that you don't want to be with every day, but you do want to be with them for a half an hour. To get that right is a rare and brilliant thing.”

“It is a bit of a peculiar thing to be a filmmaker. You're not a painter, you're not a writer, you're a bit of everything.”