It was never about a plot twist, ever. It was always about, “tell the story, tell the characters, complicate their lives, make things get worse,” but we never worked backwards from the plot, and it was always a great lesson. – Drew Goddard
If you look at all of the villains in the course of human history, they’ve all believed, delusionally, in the virtue of their actions. Every villain is a hero in his own mind. – Tom Hiddleston
Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. – Joss Whedon
I love the adventure of telling all types of stories and trying to conquer each one – Jon M. Chu
I don’t know where people got the idea that characters in books are supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of creating merely likeable characters with whom you can have some simple identification with. Books are in the business of creating great stories that make you’re brain go ahhbdgbdmerhbergurhbudgerbudbaaarr. – John Green
Always make the audience suffer as much as possible. – Alfred Hitchcock
The art of prophecy is very difficult especially with respect to the future. – Mark Twain
You should write the fast stuff slow and the slow stuff fast. – Lee Child
I knew it, I just knew it! The person who had the job of writing my life’s dialogue used to work on a very low budget soap opera. – Marian Keyes
