David Cage Quotes

Cinema is not just a side show - it is something which is much deeper than that. It is a form of art which needs to be respected.

I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.

The cinema occupies an important place in the overall development of art and literature.

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

The social dimension of the art world is fascinating to me, but I also want to entertain the reader, so I will let a character say something funny.

Cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. Yes, it should entertain, but cinema is made to convey a message, to say something.

I always used to tell others that 'we should make films to make the people happy.'

Cinema is a medium that can translate ideas.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?

Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.

I like plays, movies, everything. It doesn't matter.

People are mistaken to view cinema as some sort of gimmick. It's very much ingrained in the ways in which we understand each other.

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

Providing new means of entertainment is the important thing.

I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture.

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.

I think it's important that filmmakers look at the technology and figure out how to make the theatrical experience a little more exciting.

Movies are movies, television is television.

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.