Spotnitz Frank Quotes & Sayings

The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours. — Frank Spotnitz

When I sit down, I find that it's much easier for me to want to consume a movie than to dip back into 20 or 40 or 60 hours of a television series. I think a great movie is really amazing. But, television does give you a larger canvas. — Frank Spotnitz

Create a really interesting, complex person that you want to know more about, and take her on a journey that is rich and fulfilling and that has an end that is perfectly fulfilling, and that has an end that is perfect for that character, and the audience will love it. — Frank Spotnitz

I have always read all my reviews, the bad along with the good (although you remember the bad much more than the good!). I am just too curious to see how it's playing with the audience, and I have a thick-enough skin to handle the less charitable assessments. — Frank Spotnitz

You have to learn that you might not end up where you wanted to be but you'll always end up where you're meant to be. — Emma Hart

It is perhaps one of those imponderables of life that many people declare their dislike for poetry, yet it surrounds us in the lyrics of the songs and hymns we love, the catchy advertising jingles, in picture books, and remembered snippets from Shakespeare or remembered and much loved verses. " Jeanette O'Hagan 1 May 2017 — Jeanette O'Hagan

I love films where I'm looking around the world a little different now that I've seen that. I want something that nourishes my view of the world. — Frank Spotnitz

I don't like television and movies where it's like, "Well, that was entertaining, but when I think back on it, that didn't really make sense and it's empty." That's like junk food, to me. — Frank Spotnitz

I have so many things that I want to do, and I don't have enough time in my life to do them all. The problem with acting business is that it's so expensive and you've got to get so many people to say yes. — Frank Spotnitz

Nature imitates herself. A grain thrown into good ground brings forth fruit; a principle thrown into a good mind brings forth fruit. Everything is created and conducted by the same Master-the root, the branch, the fruits-the principles, the consequences. — Blaise Pascal

Rommel could smell the sea. At Torbruk the heat and the dust and flies were as bad as they had been in the desert, but it was all made bearable by that occasional whiff of salty dampness in the faint breeze. — Ken Follett

Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition. — Rainer Maria Rilke

history's greatest liquidator of Jews, the thick-witted Heinrich Himmler, was a chicken farmer. — William Styron

She had a face so
charming that visitors of all ages and both sexes would stand stockstill at the sight of her,
unable to pull their eyes away, practically licking that face with their eyes, the way
tongues work at ice cream, with that typically stupid, single
minded expression on their
faces that goes with concentrated licking — Patrick Suskind

The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years. — Frank Spotnitz

Don't go to the wraithland," he said. "It's too dangerous."
I smirked. "Why, Black Knife. You almost sound worried."
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"It's not your responsibility... It should be a worldwide effort, not just the effort of one girl pretending to be a boy. — Jodi Meadows

The actors in Britain are incredible, and I didn't appreciate that until I got there. They interpret your words and you realize how deliberate and thoughtful they are. There are great American actors, too, don't get me wrong, but the technique that British actors have is something really special. — Frank Spotnitz

I think a pilot is a pilot, no matter who's judging it, but I will say I am thinking a lot about how to tell stories for the series in a streaming environment where you can anticipate a huge portion of the audience will consume an entire season in the course of a day, two days or a week. — Frank Spotnitz

I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards. — Frank Spotnitz

It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories. — Frank Spotnitz

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do. — Frank Spotnitz

My father was an airline pilot, so we travelled more spontaneously than a lot of families. On a Thursday, we could decide to go somewhere like Barbados the next day for a long weekend. — Chris Hadfield

What does the enemy have to gain by convincing you to never deal with your past because your mind will never make it all the way through? It is a lie from the pit of hell. Today, claim your healing in Christ. It is your right as His child. — Beth Moore

If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something. — Frank Spotnitz

Many conflict-resolution professionals stress the value of curiosity, accompanied by active listening. Many conflicts can be avoided or de-escalated if the parties involved are willing to set aside their prejudgments - and the intense feelings connected to them - and ask a question. And then be curious about the actual answer. Not just any question, though. The question should be genuine and open-ended, a serious request for more information about another person's feelings, intentions or motivations. It should not be a choice between predefined alternatives, or an accusation followed by a demand for a response. It should be, as much as possible, unburdened from what you think will be the answer. That means being curious about what it really is. — Eve Rickert

It's my belief that when you're dealing with the supernatural, the supernatural still has to trump we mortals, it still has to be more powerful than we are. You can't really defeat it. You can live to fight another day but it's very rare that a human being can actually destroy a supernatural force. — Frank Spotnitz

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is. — Frank Spotnitz

Communication goes beyond the words we choose. — Tony Jeary

As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize your thoughts in a very clear and concise way and write them down quickly. Those were all things that have proven really useful in my life as a television writer. — Frank Spotnitz

The one thing you can do that the audience can't do - all those smart people online in the chat rooms can't do - is deliver a satisfying emotional journey for a human being, for a character. — Frank Spotnitz

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large. — Frank Spotnitz

The primary reason people watch television is you want to see the world through somebody else's eyes, and learn what that's like. You can only live one life, and so you get to see other lives through these characters. — Frank Spotnitz

If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it. — Frank Spotnitz