Carlton Cuse famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There are just so many options that people have. But as a writer, you'll drive yourself crazy, if you worry about that too much. People watch a lot of TV, so they think certain things are going to happen, and you're always trying to subvert expectations.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Crazy #Thinking #People
As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Writing #Trying #Scripts
You have to be able to get inside the heads of the characters and completely sympathize and understand them
-- Carlton Cuse

#Character #Able
The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Dark #Tone #Made
It's entirely possible that the notion of what is the past, what is the present and what is the future, could change.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Past #Notion
Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with Titanic.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Tragedy #Storytelling #Form
We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Dream #Betrayal #Real
The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and theres ongoing creative revelations. Yes, its really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Discovery #Ideas #Roots
We feel like "Lost" deserved a real resolution, not a "snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black" kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Dream #Betrayal #Real
It's a very artistic process to translate and adapt a book into a series.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Book #Artistic #Process
I think that we're moving into this new phase of television where audiences are really embracing stories with a beginning, middle, and end.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Moving #Thinking #Stories
As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Thinking #Brain #Actors
I think that the best television now is giving you a three-act experience.
-- Carlton Cuse

#Thinking #Giving #Three

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