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title: "1 Story Long Quotes By Frank Darabont"
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> [I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/i-think-a-story-should-take-as-long-to-tell-as-it-is-appropriate-to/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/frank-darabont-27094_appropriate_i-think-a-story-should-take-as-long-to-t_2906382.jpg)

## More by Frank Darabont

> [A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/a-director-shouldn-t-get-in-the-way-of-the-movie-the-story-should/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/boy-i-d-hate-to-shoot-on-tape-or-disc-or-whatever-the-hell-they-re/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/the-exorcist-is-amazing-because-it-recognizes-that-silences-can-be-as/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/the-human-race-is-fundamentally-insane-if-you-put-two-of-us-into-a/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [I've never been a big fan of the music-video style of editing movies that crept in the last few decades. I like stuff that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/i-ve-never-been-a-big-fan-of-the-music-video-style-of-editing-movies/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/the-only-person-who-can-with-impunity-make-the-movie-he-wants-to-make/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/i-d-like-to-think-that-my-films-are-personal-enough-to-exist-without/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/stanley-kubrick-was-a-big-inspiration-people-accuse-me-of-never-using/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/i-spent-20-years-of-my-career-primarily-being-a-writer-for-hire/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [I am fascinated with times past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/i-am-fascinated-with-times-past/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [And I don't think I'm giving away any secrets here, but there are a lot of terrible scripts in this town.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/and-i-don-t-think-i-m-giving-away-any-secrets-here-but-there-are-a/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life,' which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/one-of-my-favorite-movies-of-all-time-is-it-s-a-wonderful-life-which/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/visual-storytelling-of-one-kind-or-another-has-been-around-since/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/some-of-us-have-great-original-ideas-and-some-of-us-depend-on/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

> [If you're going to succeed, you've got to be like one of those punch-drunk fighters in the old Warner Bros. boxing pictures: too stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-darabont/if-you-re-going-to-succeed-you-ve-got-to-be-like-one-of-those-punch/)

[Frank Darabont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-darabont/)

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