James Gunn

I could give you some names of Workshop participants who are as good as many who are being published but haven't had…

— James Gunn

I hope I'm still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars.

— James Gunn

The zombie is in a lot of ways the perfect horror movie bad guy. It plays on so many fears all at…

— James Gunn

In a way, metafiction breaks down the story and makes it less real. But in another respect, by that very breaking down,…

— James Gunn

I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative.

— James Gunn

I really like people who can do both drama and comedy and not some like middle of the road do both drama…

— James Gunn

When I was a small child, I partially learned to read with comics, in particular with 'Scamp,' about the Lady and the…

— James Gunn

When 'Blade Runner' came out, and especially, even actually when 'Alien' came out, it kind of changed how all science fiction movies…

— James Gunn

The majority of my life is 'Guardians,' but being able to clean my brain a little bit by doing something totally different…

— James Gunn

I was as huge Spider-Man fan as a kid, but I really liked The Defenders a lot. I was also a big…

— James Gunn

I'm a huge Howard the Duck fan. For people who don't know, I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, but Howard the Duck…

— James Gunn

Scooby's the greatest cartoon character ever. He isn't cute like Mickey or smart like Bugs or fearless like Woody and Buzz -…

— James Gunn

I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and…

— James Gunn

'Belko Experiment' was the harshest, most extreme movie I ever made. But I still think there's a very cohesive center to it…

— James Gunn

I don't see a big difference between the job of directing a low-budget movie and the job of directing a big-budget movie.

— James Gunn

The writer's genetic inheritance and her or his experiences shape the writer into a unique individual, and it is this uniqueness that…

— James Gunn

By isolating the issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, climate change, environment, governance, economics, catastrophe and whatever other problems the present embodies…

— James Gunn

The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to…

— James Gunn

For the theatrical experience to survive, spectacle films need to expand their definition of what they can be. They need to be…

— James Gunn

I'm a little bit twisted, so what makes me laugh the hardest doesn't necessarily make other people laugh.

— James Gunn

Definitely, 'True Detective' was a great example of one director, one story. It worked fantastically well. Well, I thought it worked fantastically…

— James Gunn

I'm in favor of anything that will give strong women more visibility in popular culture.

— James Gunn

I don't think through anything I do. I just do it, and it's oftentimes landed me in huge amounts of trouble.

— James Gunn

I think of the Avengers as The Beatles, and the Guardians are the Rolling Stones. That is really how I feel about…

— James Gunn

Science fiction literature's focus is on ideas, the concept of change, and the impact on humanity. Those concepts are hard to capture…

— James Gunn