As I got into my teens, I started reading better books, beginning with the Beats and then the hippie writers, people like Wallace Stegner up in Northern California, and all the political New Journalism stuff, the Boys on the Bus… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don't know. You have to reel it in to drama. — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
More attention and thought goes into naming a character in 'Call Of Duty' than all the work that can go into certain movies. Blood… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no good guys and no bad guys and there are no easy answers. The characters do not have traditional character arcs; the stories don't wrap up in neat little life lessons, the questions remain open.… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share
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… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
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,… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world. — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what you do… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
Starting in '98 when I was researching 'Traffic,' I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
