--- title: "1 Death star Quotes By Matt Duffer" description: "1 Death star quotes by Matt Duffer. Plus more from Matt Duffer and more Death star sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/matt-duffer-7250_best_the-first-thing-our-chapman-screenwritin_2793829.jpg" --- > [The first thing our Chapman screenwriting professors taught us was that all stories share one thing in common: there is a protagonist, and that protagonist has a goal that he or she has difficulty achieving. Does Luke Skywalker become Luke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/the-first-thing-our-chapman-screenwriting-professors-taught-us-was/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/matt-duffer-7250_best_the-first-thing-our-chapman-screenwritin_2793829.jpg) ## More by Matt Duffer > [We grew up in Durham, N.C.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/we-grew-up-in-durham-n-c/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [We're really tough on everything we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/we-re-really-tough-on-everything-we-do/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [You know, there's nothing in 'E.T.' that earmarks it as really '80s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/you-know-there-s-nothing-in-e-t-that-earmarks-it-as-really-80s/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [What we loved about the movies we watched as children was the great character work. They are all about the place where the ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/what-we-loved-about-the-movies-we-watched-as-children-was-the-great/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [Us and everyone in Hollywood puts so much time and effort and money into getting things to look just right and when you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/us-and-everyone-in-hollywood-puts-so-much-time-and-effort-and-money/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [I watched a little 'Beyond the Black Rainbow.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/i-watched-a-little-beyond-the-black-rainbow/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [We didn't go to any summer camps because we just wanted to be making movies and telling stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/we-didn-t-go-to-any-summer-camps-because-we-just-wanted-to-be-making/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [My brother and I played D&D. We just weren't particularly great at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/my-brother-and-i-played-d-d-we-just-weren-t-particularly-great-at-it/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [When we were growing up, some of those Amblin films, those Spielberg movies, led to the creation of the PG-13 rating because he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/when-we-were-growing-up-some-of-those-amblin-films-those-spielberg/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [We are such big John Carpenter fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/we-are-such-big-john-carpenter-fans/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [I think the PGA Award, when we won that, was so shocking to me. I thought, 'Absolutely no way.' I was barely listening when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/i-think-the-pga-award-when-we-won-that-was-so-shocking-to-me-i/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [Dragon's Lair' we played a lot as kids. It's a fun game to look at - it's not a very fun game to play.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/dragon-s-lair-we-played-a-lot-as-kids-it-s-a-fun-game-to-look-at-it-s/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [We're very socially awkward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/we-re-very-socially-awkward/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [Often it's scarier when stuff is weird and when you don't fully understand the motive. Pennywise in 'IT' is very weird.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/often-it-s-scarier-when-stuff-is-weird-and-when-you-don-t-fully/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) > [A debate about candy bars can get heated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/a-debate-about-candy-bars-can-get-heated/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death-star/matt-duffer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Death star Quotes By Matt Duffer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first thing our Chapman screenwriting professors taught us was that all stories share one thing in common: there is a protagonist, and that protagonist has a goal that he or she has difficulty achieving. 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