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It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.
~ Chris Carter
About
Got
Hard
Network
Network Television
Out
Parcel
People
Really
Scare
Scares
Smart
Television
You
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It's so interesting that when I finished 'The X-Files' in 2002, the - call it the political and cultural climate in America - was one of fear, and trust of government. Because we put ourselves in the hands of the authority who was going to protect us. And, you know, we gave up a lot of our liberties to Homeland Security, etc.
~ Chris Carter
America
Authority
Because
Call
Climate
Cultural
Etc
Fear
Finished
Gave
Going
Government
Hands
Homeland
Homeland Security
Interesting
Know
Liberties
Lot
Our
Ourselves
Political
Protect
Put
Security
Trust
Up
Us
Who
You
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Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.
~ Chris Carter
Airplane
Applicable
Approach
Artists
Effective
Fly
Learning
Me
Methodical
Meticulous
Pilots
Problem-Solving
Taught
Tend
Thinking
Very
Way
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My brother is a scientist. He's a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world.
~ Chris Carter
Brother
Brought
Fiction
He
MIT
Professor
Science
Science Fiction
Scientist
World
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People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always thought Mulder and Scully were the light in dark places.
~ Chris Carter
Always
Characters
Dark
Dark Places
Light
Made
Never
People
Places
Saw
Show
Storyline
Thought
Way
Were
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Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don't know how you're going to get there. When people say, 'You should create a bible for your show,' I say, 'You don't want a bible. It'll prevent you from making discoveries along the way.' And that's what happened on 'The X-Files.'
~ Chris Carter
Along
Being
Bible
Clark
Create
Discoveries
Get
Going
Happened
How
Just
Know
Lewis
Lewis And Clark
Like
Making
People
People Say
Prevent
Producing
Say
Series
Should
Show
Want
Way
Where
You
Your
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Really, some of the best 'X-Files' stories come right out of science. And you just apply that 'what-if' idea. Oh, what if this were true? And that's why so many times the show is scarier because it was not necessarily improbable.
~ Chris Carter
Apply
Because
Best
Come
Idea
Improbable
Just
Many
Necessarily
Oh
Out
Really
Right
Science
Show
Some
Stories
Times
True
Were
What If
Why
You
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So many things for me are unfortunate in the commercialization of something that is special. It's like when Led Zeppelin appears in Cadillac commercials. There's something that is taken away from your love of this thing and your connection to it.
~ Chris Carter
Appears
Away
Cadillac
Commercialization
Commercials
Connection
Led
Led Zeppelin
Like
Love
Many
Me
Something
Special
Taken
Thing
Things
Unfortunate
Your
Zeppelin
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The experience of seeing a surf movie in the 1970s, as a teenager, and the energy in those theatres, was amazing. It was the only way to see people surfing. These guys would go out and make these surf movies and bring them to four-wall theatres. It was an incredible experience that I'll never forget.
~ Chris Carter
1970s
Amazing
Bring
Energy
Experience
Forget
Go
Guys
Incredible
Make
Movie
Movies
Never
Never Forget
Only
Out
People
See
Seeing
Surf
Surfing
Teenager
Them
Those
Way
Would
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The real challenge in doing a TV show is in what I would call the maintenance energy. You take that creative energy and you use it every week, of course. But you then need to maintain the quality of the stories, and it's harder to do.
~ Chris Carter
Call
Challenge
Course
Creative
Creative Energy
Doing
Energy
Every
Harder
Maintain
Maintenance
Need
Quality
Real
Show
Stories
Take
Then
TV
TV Show
Use
Week
Would
You
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There are things I'm doing with 'The After' that would've never flown on 'The X-Files' and on network television, so it's more permissive. That's not to say that you want to abuse that. I think that a show like 'The X-Files' actually worked better as a network show with the restraints put on it, the censorship that was applied.
~ Chris Carter
Abuse
Actually
After
Applied
Better
Censorship
Doing
Flown
I Think
Like
More
Network
Network Television
Never
Permissive
Put
Say
Show
Television
Things
Think
Want
Worked
You
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When the surf is really good, it's hard for me to concentrate on work. So I really have to watch when and where I surf - I won't get anything done if I get the fever. Then it's like I come into work and I'm wet and waterlogged and ready for lunch.
~ Chris Carter
Anything
Come
Concentrate
Done
Fever
Get
Good
Hard
Like
Lunch
Me
Ready
Really
Surf
Then
Watch
Wet
Where
Work
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Writing is a little athletic for me. I get worked up a little bit when I do it. So I guess I'm a little bit like that composer conducting. There are a lot of things that go into what I do, but I think athletics really sort of shaped my ethic.
~ Chris Carter
Athletic
Athletics
Bit
Composer
Conducting
Ethic
Get
Go
Guess
I Think
Like
Little
Little Bit
Lot
Me
Really
Shaped
Sort
Things
Think
Up
Worked
Writing
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You have these catch-phrases that you associate with 'The X-Files': 'Trust No One,' 'Deny Everything.' 'Believe the Lie' was one of them.
~ Chris Carter
Associate
Believe
Deny
Everything
Lie
No-One
Them
Trust
You
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