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> [Growing up, I would take out books from the school library and hide them in the hamper. I'd wait until my parents fell asleep, and then I'd sneak into the bathroom, turn on the light, and dig out the books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/growing-up-i-would-take-out-books-from-the-school-library-and-hide/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

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## More by Lisa Joy

> [There's a kind of beauty to a skyscraper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/there-s-a-kind-of-beauty-to-a-skyscraper/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [I don't see much of myself in the traditional Western hero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/i-don-t-see-much-of-myself-in-the-traditional-western-hero/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [I had a lot of college debt. It's very difficult to go to a university that is as expensive as Stanford and then blindly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/i-had-a-lot-of-college-debt-it-s-very-difficult-to-go-to-a-university/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [One of the most consistent defining qualities of sentience is that we define it as human, as the thing that we possess that others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/one-of-the-most-consistent-defining-qualities-of-sentience-is-that-we/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/when-i-was-a-kid-i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-but-i-didn-t-think-it-would/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [Working on 'Westworld' has been an incredible experience in learning to make something with the scope of a feature on a TV timeline with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/working-on-westworld-has-been-an-incredible-experience-in-learning-to/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [I've tried to always be incredibly overprepared in everything that I've done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/i-ve-tried-to-always-be-incredibly-overprepared-in-everything-that-i/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [We subverted the entire premise of 'Westworld' in that our sympathies are meant to be with the robots, the hosts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/we-subverted-the-entire-premise-of-westworld-in-that-our-sympathies/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [One of the many delights that I found in directing was that you plan so many things so meticulously so that they go smoothly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/one-of-the-many-delights-that-i-found-in-directing-was-that-you-plan/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [I think the thing that will endure about Westworld will be the questions it poses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/i-think-the-thing-that-will-endure-about-westworld-will-be-the/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [The reality is that 'Westworld' is designed so that guests can indulge with impunity their every fantasy - be it light or dark. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/the-reality-is-that-westworld-is-designed-so-that-guests-can-indulge/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [We drive a Tesla.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/we-drive-a-tesla/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [The great thing about fiction is you can talk about things without being didactic about them, but hopefully forge a connection with people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/the-great-thing-about-fiction-is-you-can-talk-about-things-without/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [No matter how long my day job hours were, I always made time to write. I wrote fiction, short stories, and poetry. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/no-matter-how-long-my-day-job-hours-were-i-always-made-time-to-write/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

> [I was actually born a robot, so 'Westworld' is just autobiographical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/i-was-actually-born-a-robot-so-westworld-is-just-autobiographical/)

[Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/)

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