“I have a ways to go as a novelist. But what's great is, well, I frankly enjoyed the solitude. And I enjoyed being able to tell characters what to say and do without negotiating with an actor.” WayWellsCharacterAbleActorsSolitudeEnjoyedNovelistsNegotiating Author:Howard Gordon
“In some ways, a novel isn't as structurally rigorous as a screenplay or a TV show, which have finite real estate. In a novel, you can more deeply illuminate a character's interior and get away with digressions.” WayRealCharacterShowsNovelTvsGet AwayEstatesTv ShowsInteriorsFiniteScreenplays Author:Howard Gordon
“When you do a TV show, the cumulative intimacy you develop with the audience through your characters is pretty profound. It may be the most profound storytelling there is, because the character gets to live and roll around in the audience's mind week after week.” MindMayCharacterShowsAudienceWeekTvsProfoundStorytellingIntimacyTv ShowsCumulative Author:Howard Gordon
“What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively the domain of the executive producer. . . . As a staff writer you're not being called upon to be the great creative person. You're sort of called upon to understand the characters and their voices and put them through certain paces.” ThinkingPersonsCharacterCertainVoiceCreativeTelevisionSeriesProducersCraftsExecutivesPaceStaffDomainCreative Person Author:Howard Gordon
