Roger Avary Quotes

'Jurassic Park' and 'Star Wars' shoved me into loving sci-fi and film in general when I was a barely coherent 3-year-old. And 'Lord of the Rings' took me to another planet entirely. Before that series, I knew I loved writing, but after, I knew that I had to write.

I think that's what 'Stranger Things' does, it opens you up - it has a real beating heart to it.

I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.

Godzilla. The big, green G-man has had a profound influence on my creative endeavors and imagination since I was blueberry-avoiding kid.

A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.

Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.

In the pie chart of my brain growing up, there's a huge slice for 'Ghostbusters.'

There's a lot of art and comics and movies being paid homage to by game designers.

The first game I actually bought myself with my own money was 'The Bard's Tale.'

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.

I'm pretty sure my love affair with science-fiction started with ET.

Being born at the tag-end of the baby boom, I was destined (or doomed, depending on how you look at it) to fall in love with sci-fi. It was one of my first literary loves, as a matter of fact.

I definitely think my work comes from things that I liked as a kid, and things I still like now. Monsters and magic and museums and movies, a lot of things that start with 'M' for some reason.

I love video games. When I was growing up, video games were very important to me.

The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons.

The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal.

'Doctor Who' is one of those things that stays with you throughout your career, and I'm very happy with that.

Personally, I really enjoy sci-fi. I watch it, I read comic books, and I play video games. I love this kind of world, so to be able to work in it is a dream. I enjoy it. It's all good.

Personally, I really enjoy sci-fi. I watch it, I read comic books, and I play video games.

I do feel a wave come over me when I hear those two words, 'Star' and 'Wars,' said together. I feel tense, shut up, and stare into the middle distance.

I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

I think it's also safe to say genre TV and movies were a big influence - the first stories I ever tried to write were Godzilla fan fiction when I was in elementary school, complete with elaborate maps of Monster Island made with multiple sheets of typing paper and nearly six feet wide. I kind of wish I still had those.

I first heard about 'Stranger Things' from people dressed as the characters coming up to me at conventions saying, 'Hey, you have to see this show. It's 'Goonies.'

I have such a vivid memory of seeing science fiction movies and going to the lobby and playing whatever the space games were, and imagine I was blowing up the Death Star.

A lot of people say video games can be stifling. Older people say, 'We had to go outside, and we had to make up stories!' For me, video games broadened my horizons. Playing 'Golden Axe,' I was those characters. I imagined myself being in that world, so honestly, it was a really good thing.