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> [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 plays that he had written. For the one creative writing class I took in my life,…](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/)

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## 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/)

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