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… — 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… — 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… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
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
