The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released an amazing near four minutes of screenwriting advice from some the film industry's pioneers and stars. 

Below, we showcase the highlights as screenwriting quotes, but there's nothing better than hearing it with your own ears as well, from the mouths of those very pioneers and stars featured within the video.  

“Write the goodest you can. And write it for me.” — Sarah Silverman

“Screenwriting is no different than playing the violin. You have to practice.” — Aaron Sorkin

“There’s nothing without the writing. It’s true. [Screenwriters] are often not treated or considered with the importance that they should be.” — Danny Boyle

“Stop doing four screenplays at once. And do one at a time and address the problem.” — Ridley Scott

“[Screenwriting] is like exercising. It’s just getting your sneakers on that’s the hard part.” — Sarah Silverman

“If you just think of [screenwriting] with no stakes, then you get pen to paper, finger to keys.” — Sarah Silverman

“Don’t write a $200 million movie and wonder why no one wants to take a shot and make it.” — Seth Rogen

“The best screenwriting really starts with character.”  — Matt Charman

“I don’t think that an audience needs to like a character necessarily. They need to be compelled by them.” — Matt Charman

“Try not to concern yourself with what other people might think, or whether this will be a popular movie, or whether it conforms to the structure that movie executives expect to see.” — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“When I can see that somebody is following a system or some formula they’ve been taught, I completely lose interest. I prefer things that break the rules somehow.” — Michael Shannon

“Follow your curiosity. Stories are found in sometimes the most unlikely places.” — Laurie MacDonald

“Don’t worry about anything other than you. Just focus on what you love. And trust that that will get you through it.” — Drew Goddard

“When the script is magnificent, everything else seems to fall into place.” — Alan Silvestri

“Be pioneers. Find stories that are risky but speak volumes of who you are as a writer.” — Steven Spielberg

 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. Their Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars, is the premiere awards show where peers within the film industry and Academy nominate their own peers into the running and vote for the eventual winners.