Affected Quote by Bridget Carpenter
![“I had been emotionally affected by the story [of Steven King], on my own, and I knew how I wanted to feel watching it because I had felt it already reading it. God bless them, Bad Robot hired me to develop it and I spent the next six months in a room, alone, with a lot of index cards up on a wall…” quote by Bridget Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c3/bridget-carpenter-44527_affected_i-had-been-emotionally-affected-by-the-s_2026458.jpg)
“I had been emotionally affected by the story [of Steven King], on my own, and I knew how I wanted to feel watching it because I had felt it already reading it. God bless them, Bad Robot hired me to develop it and I spent the next six months in a room, alone, with a lot of index cards up on a wall, like the guy in A Beautiful Mind.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: Podcast with Bridget Carpenter, 2023
She describes deep emotional immersion in a story, anticipating feelings while creating a related project, using solitary, visual organization methods.
In simple terms: She felt the story deeply and planned to recreate that feeling while developing it.
Key Takeaway
Use visual tools and solitude to channel emotional insight into creative work.
Themes
creativity
emotional immersion
visual organization
solitude
Mood
reflective
focused
Type
process
inspirational
When to use this quote
- writing a screenplay
- designing a game
- pre‑production brainstorming
- personal artistic projects
Key Concepts
psychology of narrative
creative process
memory recall
Questions to Reflect On
- How can you balance personal emotional insight with audience expectations?
- What visual methods help you structure complex ideas?
A Different Perspective
Relying solely on personal emotion may limit broader audience resonance.
![“I was certainly seriously emotionally affected [ when Louise Hillary and Belinda Hillary died], but we were building the hospital at the time and I decided that the only thing to do was to carry on and complete the hospital - and it was a jolly good hospital too, I might say. So I really did it by…” quote by Edmund Hillary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/311/edmund-hillary-3760_affected_i-was-certainly-seriously-emotionally-af_762723.jpg)
