--- title: "1 Devoured Quotes By Stephen Gaghan" description: "1 Devoured quotes by Stephen Gaghan. Plus more from Stephen Gaghan and more Devoured sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/stephen-gaghan-27660_along_the-movie-business-has-been-in-enormous_2074770.jpg" --- > [The movie business has been in enormous flux. It's always changing, and you've got to scramble. The Internet came along and devoured the DVD backend of the movie business. Suddenly you're watching dollars turn into nickels, and that's interesting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/the-movie-business-has-been-in-enormous-flux-it-s-always-changing-and/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/stephen-gaghan-27660_along_the-movie-business-has-been-in-enormous_2074770.jpg) ## More by Stephen Gaghan > [Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don't know. You have to reel it in to drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/life-serves-up-satire-unfortunately-or-fortunately-i-don-t-know-you/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [More attention and thought goes into naming a character in 'Call Of Duty' than all the work that can go into certain movies. Blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/more-attention-and-thought-goes-into-naming-a-character-in-call-of/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/i-came-to-hollywood-originally-writing-comedy-and-writing-satire/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/we-are-living-in-complex-difficult-times-and-i-wanted-syriana-to/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/it-s-rare-in-hollywood-to-get-the-chance-to-work-on-something-that/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [When I was seven and told my mom, 'I'm gonna be a writer,' she said, 'Oh, that's a terrible idea. You'll live in misery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/when-i-was-seven-and-told-my-mom-i-m-gonna-be-a-writer-she-said-oh/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [I can't separate the process of writing from the visual process. I'm speaking only for myself here, but I'm a highly visual writer. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/i-can-t-separate-the-process-of-writing-from-the-visual-process-i-m/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [I love the op-ed pages of the 'L.A. Times,' the 'Washington Post' and the 'New York Times.' There's just no substitute for the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/i-love-the-op-ed-pages-of-the-l-a-times-the-washington-post-and-the/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [It's tricky to ask a filmmaker to explain his own work; usually we're the least qualified to make sense of what we've done, unfortunately,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/it-s-tricky-to-ask-a-filmmaker-to-explain-his-own-work-usually-we-re/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/i-think-the-war-on-terror-has-succeeded-in-creating-more-terror-more/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/the-average-development-time-for-a-hollywood-movie-is-nine-years-nine/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [Starting in '98 when I was researching 'Traffic,' I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/starting-in-98-when-i-was-researching-traffic-i-got-to-meet-really/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [War and, apparently, hurricanes are very good for the oil business. But I've got to believe at a certain point, as a nation, we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/war-and-apparently-hurricanes-are-very-good-for-the-oil-business-but/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [My father's father wrote for a Philadelphia newspaper and aspired to be a playwright. We had in our house a couple of crazy unproduced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/my-father-s-father-wrote-for-a-philadelphia-newspaper-and-aspired-to/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) > [I know Charlie Kaufman really well, for instance. Charlie Kaufman starts a story, and he has no freaking idea where he's going. None. Zero.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-gaghan/i-know-charlie-kaufman-really-well-for-instance-charlie-kaufman/) [Stephen Gaghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-gaghan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devoured/stephen-gaghan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Devoured Quotes By Stephen Gaghan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The movie business has been in enormous flux. It's always changing, and you've got to scramble. 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