--- title: "1 Writer Room Quotes By Scott M. Gimple" description: "1 Writer Room quotes by Scott M. Gimple. Plus more from Scott M. Gimple and more Writer Room sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/scott-m-gimple-26128_dead_lots-of-shows-are-written-completely-in_1415666.png" --- > [Lots of shows are written completely in the writer's room. And I wouldn't say 'The Walking Dead' is that way. There are three levels to it. There's us in the room. The writers going off by themselves. And me working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/lots-of-shows-are-written-completely-in-the-writer-s-room-and-i/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/scott-m-gimple-26128_dead_lots-of-shows-are-written-completely-in_1415666.png) ## More by Scott M. Gimple > [When people make a horror movie, it's a few months. This is years of horror, that these guys have to play out. It just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/when-people-make-a-horror-movie-it-s-a-few-months-this-is-years-of/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [I think portraying human beings trying to hold on to their humanity against pretty much certain odds that they'll die horribly in some way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/i-think-portraying-human-beings-trying-to-hold-on-to-their-humanity/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [You can do irrefutably impossible things with the right amount of planning and support from intelligent and hardworking people and pizza.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/you-can-do-irrefutably-impossible-things-with-the-right-amount-of/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [Character deaths in and of itself should never be done for shock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/character-deaths-in-and-of-itself-should-never-be-done-for-shock/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [It is horrible to sit in front of the keyboard and write those scenes because you're losing too. You lose somebody you enjoy working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/it-is-horrible-to-sit-in-front-of-the-keyboard-and-write-those-scenes/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [The most interesting thing to me is that 'The Walking Dead' is a show that reinvents itself every eight episodes. It's an evolving landscape.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/the-most-interesting-thing-to-me-is-that-the-walking-dead-is-a-show/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [When 'The Walking Dead' has been its best, all that stuff is happening at once: the emotion, action, horror, scares. I'm very proud that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/when-the-walking-dead-has-been-its-best-all-that-stuff-is-happening/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [You lose somebody you've possibly known for years and on top of that you lose a character that you love seeing on TV so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/you-lose-somebody-you-ve-possibly-known-for-years-and-on-top-of-that/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [I think ultimately it's just time management. You're just doing a lot more stuff. You're doing the same stuff, you're writing and you're producing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/i-think-ultimately-it-s-just-time-management-you-re-just-doing-a-lot/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [Lots of shows are written completely in the writer's room. And I wouldn't say 'The Walking Dead' is that way. There are three levels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/lots-of-shows-are-written-completely-in-the-writer-s-room-and-i/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [I actually come from comics, and I'm big on comics. I was reading 'Walking Dead' from the beginning. Then just being on the show,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/i-actually-come-from-comics-and-i-m-big-on-comics-i-was-reading/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [It's gonna be weird how there are going to be new 'Star Wars' movies every year starting in 2015. I don't know what that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/it-s-gonna-be-weird-how-there-are-going-to-be-new-star-wars-movies/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [Those are the stakes that are constantly there and how do those stakes change you? How does that change the person you are? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/those-are-the-stakes-that-are-constantly-there-and-how-do-those/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [A non-frightening zombie is a lame zombie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/a-non-frightening-zombie-is-a-lame-zombie/) [Scott M. Gimple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-m-gimple/) > [We're at a point nowhere it has to change. We have characters that are not alive that are alive in the book. We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-m-gimple/we-re-at-a-point-nowhere-it-has-to-change-we-have-characters-that-are/) [Scott M. 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