Rockne S. O'Bannon famous quotes

As writers, we're always trying to connect with the audience on a visceral level. We usually do that through drama, through emotion or through humor.
-- Rockne S. O'Bannon

#Drama #Always Trying #Levels

The notion of making the television - the very thing that we allow into our living room and our kid's bedroom - something that's potentially dangerous, to me, is just so incredibly delicious that I can't tell you.
-- Rockne S. O'Bannon

#Kids #Television #Rooms

I can't say that I have ever been fanatical about a show. To be honest, I'm not a big TV watcher.
-- Rockne S. O'Bannon

#Tvs #Honest #Bigs

There was a period of cinema, in the mid-90's, that I was a huge fan of, with Heat and Seven, and the Tarantino era. If I've ever been fanatical, it was about those films.
-- Rockne S. O'Bannon

#Fans #Cinema #Eras

Using a certain sort of message can attract people to that message, and that creates power that you can either use responsibly or not.
-- Rockne S. O'Bannon

#People #Use #Messages

I'd like to do more family dramas.

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.

In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.

I love a bit of drama. That's a bad thing. I can flip really quickly.

Divorce transforms habit into drama.

I'm so bad at lyrics. I'm always trying to get better. Sometimes, the song can restrict your lyrics - if you're trying to make a poppy song, you don't want to sing something that sounds like it could be on an At the Drive-In song.

I'm always trying to mentor young women. I speak on college campuses and I have events in my own studio where I open it up to women's groups to learn. I feel really strongly about it.

No matter how many scores I've written, the next project will hopefully be completely different. As hard as it is, I'm always trying to stay fresh, not repeat myself, and come up with original musical ideas and ways of scoring.

In essay writing, I'm trying to push the form of expository writing. I'm trying to remember, trying to reckon, trying to find connections with the world, the nation and me, but I'm always trying to push the form, too, without being too obvious that I'm trying to push the form.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.