“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
“Some TV shows are like really good novels in that there are enough episodes that you start to have your own feelings about how the characters should act. When the scriptwriters go slightly wrong, when they make the character make a left turn that he or she wouldn't do, you know enough about the characters to say, "No, that's not what she would do there. That's wrong." You can actually argue with a TV show in a way that you can't do as much with movie - you inhabit a TV show in the way you inhabit a novel.” KnowsWayShouldEnoughCharacterShowsFeelingsTurnsLeftNovelTvsArguingDo You KnowEpisodesTv Shows Author:Nicholson Baker
“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
“TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors, who are interpreting your work. With a novel, you only have ink, words and your reader.” DifferentShowsFilmActorsNovelMediaTvsReaderDirectorsFellowsTv ShowsRequirementsInkInterpreting Author:Howard Gordon
“I think there seems to be a need for escapism at the moment. Maybe that's the type of world we're living in. It's a sanctuary, in a way, where you can immerse yourself in something that doesn't exist, whether that's TV shows or comic books or novels. it's not solely down to magic and vampires - that's in at the moment. but escapism, being a part of other worlds, is very good for you.” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsBookMomentsShowsSeemsNovelMagicTvsTypeVery GoodVampireComicComic BookTv ShowsSanctuaryOther WorldsEscapism Author:Colin Morgan
“Movies, novels, TV shows - these are the water fountains of today. We thirst for stories which speak to us by representing us, but we go to the water fountains in the centre of town looking for that, and we're turned away, sent to the ghetto.” StoriesShowsTodaySpeakWaterNovelTvsTownsThirstTv ShowsCentreFountainGhettoRepresentingWater Fountain Author:Hal Duncan
“In the long term, you have to believe that movies and TV shows will be like the opera and the novel, pretty nichey businesses.” BelieveLongShowsTermNovelTvsLong TermOperaTv Shows Author:Reed Hastings