Screenwriting 101

[The Godfather] was the first time I’d ever written a screenplay, so I didn’t know what I was doing…and it came out right. After I had won two Academy Awards for the first two “Godfathers,” I went out and bought a book on screenwriting because it was sort of off the top of my head and I figured I'd better learn what it’s about. In the first chapter the book said, “study Godfather I, it’s the model of a screenplay.” So I was stuck with the book.

MARIO PUZO