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. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
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. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
I guess I've always been an aspiring novelist. I went to Princeton and wrote a novel for my thesis. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
Traditionally, people have been adapting novels and short stories forever. Now, they're doing it simultaneously, with an eye towards writing the movie before the… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
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,… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
We're not allowed to carry out harsh interrogations anymore, but we're allowed to fly over somebody's village, without due process, and kill them all? — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors, who are… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
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… — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
