Vince Gilligan Quotes

Whether one likes it or not, the screen is a profoundly important source of imagery and storytelling for this generation. For me, books remain a stunning place to tell stories, but the screen has a place.

There are great characters on television.

My whole adolescence has been on 'Game of Thrones;' I don't know what I'm going to do without it.

Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.

I love 'Game of Thrones' and 'Breaking Bad.'

Whatever happened to books? Suddenly everybody's talking about these 100-hour movies called 'Breaking Bad'. People are talking about TV the same way they used to talk about novels back in the 1980s. I like to think I hang out with some pretty smart people, but all they talk about is 'Breaking Bad.'

Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to.

I've always been a huge fan of Netflix and its storytelling.

Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity.

The more films and TV shows I spoil for myself, the more I am convinced that truly interesting stories can't be ruined - the plot thickens with the viewing like a rich sauce.

TV's great. I think the best stuff is happening on television.

When I watch shows, what I gravitate to is serial. You need to come back, you need to know what's happening.

Doing narration is a totally different art form. I do some video games, and some that I've done are iconic.

A mockumentary is supposed to be real, and we were frustrated with mockumentaries on TV, which are so rampant because of the success of 'The Office.' It's not real. You watch and ask why is there even a crew there. They never set it up in the narrative. You have a documentary crew following families for reasons we don't understand.

From early on... we really looked at the Internet as a whole new way to provide storytelling and entertainment.

I like to read and watch a lot of movies.

Any person that you would want to watch your movie or see your show or read your book, there's a million other things that they could be watching or reading or doing.

Most of my songs are written about movies or TV shows - they're not about me.

Every brilliant book I read is an influence and an inspiration. As is every brilliant movie I watch and every brilliant box set.

You look at shows on cable, and there's a lot of smart writing out there.

I love TV and am happy doing TV shows.

I love to read, and TV seemed more like a good book, with these incredible series unfolding like chapters in a novel.

I get a bit overwhelmed by the number of shows I haven't seen, that are still on my bucket list.

I think as storytelling has changed, you know, it's kind of turned into kind of hyper-reality movies.

I usually just watch YouTube videos or reruns on Netflix of older TV shows like 'Family Guy' and stuff. But I still really want to start watching more TV.