“For those whose ganglia were formed pre-TV, the mimetic deployment of pop-culture icons seems at best an annoying tic and at worst a dangerous vapidity that compromises fiction's seriousness by dating it out of the Platonic Always, where it ought to reside.” SeemsCultureFictionWorstDangerousTvsOughtDatingPopsCompromiseAnnoyingSeriousnessPop CultureIconsDeploymentPlatonicTics Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Reality TV now doesn't feel reality TV when it started. The line between reality and fiction is blurred. So many of these people are phony or shallow, in their own right. If you've ever watched any of The Real Housewives, or those types of shows, they're all performing. Even though they're real people, they're performing.” PeopleIfsFeelsRealShowsRealityLinesFictionTvsTypePerformingShallowHousewifePhonyReality TvReal Housewives Author:Portia de Rossi
“My approach to 'Star Trek' was, 'I know science fiction, and I know screen writing.' That was very arrogant of me, but you really need to be a little bit arrogant to think that what you have to say is good enough to justify the expense of hundreds of thousands - now millions of dollars - to make an episode of the TV show.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingLittlesEnoughShowsStarsBitsFictionMillionsTvsApproachLittle BitScience FictionDollarsScreensJustifyExpensesGood EnoughArrogantEpisodesTv Shows Author:David Gerrold
“In crime fiction, I just don't write the parts that aren't a thriller and it's exactly the same in my TV reporting - I distill the essence of the story until it's only the jewels of the tale - and leave in only the most compelling and exciting parts.” WritingStoriesFictionCrimeTvsEssenceExcitingTalesCompellingJewelsThrillersCrime Fiction Author:Hank Phillippi Ryan
“Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams” PeopleKnowsStoriesShowsDreamInspirationFilmFictionTvsSourceNewsReportsTv ShowsNon Fiction Author:Trudi Canavan
“I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction.” ShouldBelieveRealityI BelieveFictionTvsReality Tv Author:Hill Harper
“They have an amazing proliferation of TV channels now: The all-cartoon channel, the 24-hour-science fiction channel. Of course, to make room for these they got rid of the Literacy Channel and the What's Left of Civilization Channel.” CoursesLeftHoursRoomsFictionTvsCivilizationScience FictionCartoonLiteracyProliferation Author:Dennis Miller
“In novels you're able to occupy character's internal thoughts and it's really hard to do in a film or a TV show. When you're reading a character's thoughts or when it's in first person, you're reading kind of their own story, so you have the opportunity to see what makes that character complex or complicated. And to me that's what the whole point of fiction is.” FirstsKindPersonsHardWholeCharacterStoriesShowsAbleFilmReadingOpportunityFictionNovelTvsComplexesComplicatedInternalsTv ShowsFirst Person Author:Joe Meno
“I want to keep working. I want to step away from young adult fiction. I want to do theater periodically - Farragut North reminded me how great it is. I started out in theater. I trained in theater and then I kind of fell into film and TV. I want to work with interesting artists, talented actors, talented directors, and talented scripts. Not necessarily leading roles.” WantKindFilmYoungArtistActorsInterestingFictionStepsRolesTvsDirectorsAdultsTheaterScriptsYoung Adult Author:Max Irons
“I'm not disciplined in terms of scheduling. I work best late at night, but I can't do that when I'm on a TV show - our hours are roughly 10-6:30, so I have to go to sleep at a reasonable hour. So I'll sometimes write fiction for an hour or two in the evenings, or several hours on the weekend afternoons - unless I'm actively writing a script for the show I'm working on, in which case there's no time to write fiction at all.” WritingI CanTwoSometimesShowsNightTermHoursSleepFictionCasesTvsLateScriptsEveningReasonableAfternoonWeekendTv ShowsGoing To SleepScheduling Author:Nick Antosca
“People think that by living on some mountainside in a tent and being frozen to death by freezing rain, they're somehow discovering reality, but of course that's just another fiction dreamed up by a TV producer.” PeopleThinkingRealityCoursesFictionTvsRainProducersDiscoveringFrozenLiving OnTentsFreezing Book:Conversations Source: Conversations
“Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I have less time to do it.” FeelsWritingMadeFictionTvsScreenwritersFiction WritingScreenwriting Author:Nick Antosca
“I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.” BornFictionTvsHorrorScience FictionFascinated Author:Rick Baker