Antosca Quotes

#1. Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.

Helen Oyeyemi

#2. The best moments can't be preconceived. I've spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead.

Brad Pitt

#3. I'm glad people see some of the stories that way. I see where they're coming from, although none of the stories are specifically intended to arouse. There is a gender divide on the short story "The Girlfriend Game" - women seem to consider it "sexy" but men usually find it uncomfortable.

Nick Antosca

#4. I love horror movies. I consider myself a horror author, sometimes.

Nick Antosca

#5. Los Angeles is more hospitable to writers [Than NY]. It's less claustrophobic. It feels more unpredictable and dangerous, and the landscape is less structured. You see coyotes lurking all over the place. It just feels wilder and more dangerous.

Nick Antosca

#6. Smoking blood, over-filled cemeteries, mothers in tears, - these are formidable pleaders. When the earth is suffering from too heavy a burden, there are mysterious groanings of the shades, to which the abyss lends an ear.

Victor Hugo

#7. It's a conflict of interest and we both know it. I'm putting your ass on the line with this." "Sorry to disagree, sir, but I'm in charge of my own ass. It's only on the line if I put it there." "So noted and appreciated.

J.D. Robb

#8. My body was smarter than I was. I was with someone who would never hurt me, and so I finally relaxed.

Aspen Matis

#9. If things are too easy, life is a whole lot less interesting.

Marian Wright Edelman

#10. The Shield made me realize there were great opportunities for writers in TV.

Nick Antosca

#11. You ever dip your biscuit in your tea and it breaks? I swear now, you never get used to that.

Peter Kay

#12. Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I have less time to do it.

Nick Antosca

#13. I rarely exercise at all, except I have some hand weights that I'll lift idly while I'm watching TV. I did do some push-ups last week and somehow hurt my shoulder.

Nick Antosca

#14. I own some bugs encased in lucite or something. I also have a big cat's eye - a fake one - made for a taxidermist. I really like animals.

Nick Antosca

#15. I feel like having an actual taxidermy-ed mammal would get gross, like its hair would get dirty and stuff.

Nick Antosca

#16. I was tired of working in an office and I wanted to make a living telling stories. There are not many people who find a way to do this.

Nick Antosca

#17. In fiction, I have a residual guilt when I focus on story over language or mood or whatever - the more "literary" things. In screenwriting, I don't have that guilt because story is the only thing. Character, dialogue, everything else - they feed into and drive story.

Nick Antosca

#18. Season of Miracles is a triumphant story with a heart of gold. Laced with wit and wisdom, the story had me chuckling out loud one minute and wiping away tears the next. Highly recommended!

Deborah Raney

#19. We're lucky to be in the middle of a TV renaissance. It's the healthiest storytelling medium in our culture.

Nick Antosca

#20. My plate is full; I dig that. And I can't be everywhere all the time, but my mind, heart and spirit has no bounds.

T.F. Hodge

#21. Yeah, most guys don't like to think about going to a bar with a girlfriend and watching her leave with someone else.

Nick Antosca

#22. I shop for clothes when I have time - early in the morning or late at night.

Jessica Seinfeld

#23. To manage to smile and have a good laugh in the midst of difficult times makes you look younger.

Euginia Herlihy

#24. Be a lamp in someone's dark world.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#25. I write out of enthusiasm. Momentum that comes from a new idea. Eagerness to explore. I also write out of fear - fear of losing an idea - fear of feeling stagnant.

Nick Antosca

#26. Horror is so basic. You'd get an adrenaline jolt from watching your mom get gored by a woolly mammoth. A horror movie gives you the adrenaline without having to have your mom get gored.

Nick Antosca

#27. Sometimes I try to meditate, which I hope will help, but it doesn't really. But lots of times my dreams have the seed of an intriguing story.

Nick Antosca

#28. Irony is always the best weapon against facism.

Scott Westerfeld

#29. Once I'm in the editing room, forget about what I intended to shoot. I take a cold, hard look at what I really did shoot, and then I edit that because, if you try to edit what you intended and you missed somewhere, that will show up.

Doug Liman