The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Stephen Gaghan
- I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world.
- At the beginning, everything’s possible and everybody gets equal time, all the characters, all the ideas. You don’t know who’s going to be the main characters; they’re all fighting it out. It’s like kind of the best time in a way.
- As I got into my teens, I started reading better books, beginning with the Beats and then the hippie writers, people like Wallace Stegner up in Northern California, and all the political New Journalism stuff, the Boys on the Bus dudes and Ken Kesey.
- Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don’t know. You have to reel it in to drama.
- The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what you do is abstract.
- 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, because of the tunnel vision required to create anything over four years.
- I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.
- 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 and die teaching other people’s children badly.’ My parents wanted the safer path for me, and I think they failed miserably achieving that.
- I remember, when I was writing ‘Traffic,’ talking to top federal drug-enforcement officials and having them say they read it and found it very good and believable, except the scene where the girl describes her resume.
- 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 who are thinking and writing on those pages.
Stephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work in film and television. Born on May 6, 1965, in Louisville, Kentucky, Gaghan began his career as a writer for television series like “New York Undercover” and “The Practice.”
He gained widespread recognition for his screenplay for the film “Traffic” (2000), directed by Steven Soderbergh, which won him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Gaghan also wrote and directed the geopolitical thriller “Syriana” (2005), for which he received another Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
His directorial efforts include “Abandon” (2002) and “Gold” (2016). Gaghan’s storytelling often delves into complex political and social issues, exploring the intricacies of power, corruption, and morality. Beyond his film work, he has also contributed to the video game industry, notably co-writing the script for “Call of Duty: Ghosts” (2013). Gaghan continues to be a prominent figure in the world of cinema, known for his thought-provoking narratives and skillful storytelling techniques.
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