Drew Goddard Quotes

I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.

I hate to go to movies or watch a TV show and know the ending within 15 minutes.

I don't want to know what happens in any movie that I go to see.

I believe movies are better, the less you know going in.

Some of my favorite movies are just movies that are just good stories, and aren't necessarily big budget movies or anything.

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.

There's not much TV these days where you really get that element of surprise. There are so many spoilers all the time.

What I always got excited about with 'Arrested Development' was the element of surprise.

I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.

It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.

Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or rock n' roll. That's part of the fare that's out there. And that's okay. For me, I place more value on a story.

Giving consumers the choice of having it all in one big bite means different viewers are in many different places in the book, making it hard to discuss without spoiling the plot. The intervals between first-run programming provide a space for communion and that tantalizing sense of anticipation.

If you create a good story that has a lot of story value... I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over.

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring.

I think with any movie, the more you know, it loses some of its power.

The nice thing about a series is you can end on cliffhangers all the time. You can be like, 'You know what? Here we go, this person just died, end of book.' And with the end of the series, you're very conscious of all the plotlines that were left hanging. There's a balance there to wrap those up but still leave it exciting.

Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die.

In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I love fantasy; I love science fiction. I love all kinds of fiction, in fact.

I like the idea of shows where I don't know where I'll be at the end of the season.

I think surprises make TV entertaining.

I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!

I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don't do that. I don't go looking for stuff that I'm interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie's about. It's so much more fun to be surprised.

I like movies a lot, and I feel really excited when I see a movie that moves me the right way.