Dave Gibbons Quotes

A lot of people get really stuck in this idea that everything's been done and there's nowhere left to go.

For a writer, you definitely do not want to be in the mainstream. You want to be on the edge because that's where the vantage point is. That's where you can see.

I want to do everything I can possibly do to step outside the box.

I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding.

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Before I do anything, I think, well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes, that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.

I don't want a lot of guys like me who played the game. Quite frankly, I want blank canvases; I want people to come in with new ideas. I don't want the biases of their own experiences to be a part of their decision-making process.

Embrace risk. The driving force behind our economic model at Illumination Mac Guff is designed to preserve the opportunity to take risk. Subvert the expectation of the audience. Surprise them with unexpected choices.

It's something I have always tried to do in my career - play outside the box.

Imagination should always be treasured, even when it's slightly off-key.

I think it's been obvious from the beginning that my projects are not going to be something that people already have in mind. You can't be thinking about such things when you create something.

I don't want to come in and do something that's been done before. You know, for me, it's not that I wouldn't come in and do a sequel to something, but it's only if I can bring something new to the table and I'm not following an extremely strict path.

I like more the fact that I like to think out of the box. Thinking out of the box goes along with dressing out of the box and living out of the box.

I made a promise to myself that I would try to introduce something unexpected in every single episode of the series. It was largely to amuse myself as much as anything. I didn't ever want the audience to feel that they knew everything.

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are.

We can always find creative ways to do things.

You don't want to give people what they want. Give them something that they didn't know that they wanted.

I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.