Don Roff (born December 13, 1966, in Walla Walla, Washington) is a writer and filmmaker.Roff grew up in Milton-Freewater, Oregon. He worked at the local drive-in theater and made Super 8 mm and VHS movies with his neighborhood friends. He graduated from McLoughlin Union High School in 1985. Roff joined the United States Army in 1989 and became a US Army Ranger. He was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia in the 3d Ranger Battalion, and was a part of Operation Just Cause in Panama. He graduated from Walla Walla Community College in 1995 and The Evergreen State College in 1997. After living in Seattle, Washington and New York City, Roff returned to Walla Walla, Washington in 2011. He practices veganism. In June 2006, Roff received the Zola Award for screenwriting from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.
[on writing for hire] "The concept might be theirs, but the story is yours."
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Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.
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Forget box office results, when you've made a movie that Starbucks employees are constantly quoting behind the counter -- then you've made a hit!
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[When asked about writing for films] "Some people become gym teachers, others horse stable shovelers, and still others, screenwriters."
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The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.
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When watching my own work on the screen, particularly among a group of strangers, I get a pain in the pit of my stomach: it's due to allowing people you don't know -- intruders -- into your own 'house' and letting them track mud on the carpet.
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Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.