David S. Goyer Professions : Screenwriter Born : December 22, 1965 Browse All Authors Top 36 quotes by David S. Goyer I relate to the feeling that Da Vinci was often plagued by the idea that what he did wasn't good enough, that he was his harshest critic. He'd sometimes destroy what he was working on. David S. Goyer feelings sometimes ideas Da Vinci always seemed like the prototype Tony Stark to me. David S. Goyer prototype starks During my career I’ve enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences. David S. Goyer classic careers character I've long said that comic books are the modern equivalent of our Greek myths. David S. Goyer greek long book It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books. David S. Goyer successful book people I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative of the film. David S. Goyer writing believe television I think there's really only been one successful video game adaptation, and that was probably Tomb Raider. Whether or not you thought it was a good movie, it was successful financially. David S. Goyer successful games thinking When I was a kid, I read many more Marvel comics than I did DC. As I got older, in high school and then in college, I started reading more DC. David S. Goyer reading kids school Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations. David S. Goyer games memorable character I always felt that if we ever encountered an alien species, they wouldn't look like us or even be humanoid, like 'E.T.' David S. Goyer species aliens looks I think if we ever encountered aliens, even communicating with them would be really, really difficult. David S. Goyer aliens would-be thinking I love comic books. I was weaned on them, so it's not like it's a stretch for me, but I have other interests, as well. David S. Goyer comic interest book I like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect. David S. Goyer telling-stories stories people Mysticism and the supernatural are embedded in the show - it's called 'Da Vinci's Demons' for a reason, and it's not just metaphorical. David S. Goyer embedded demon reason I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It's the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds. David S. Goyer reading writing book I think I regard any history in quotes, because just like science, we're constantly revising science, we're constantly revising history. David S. Goyer revising regard thinking Superman is not as innately cool as Batman. David S. Goyer I honestly love nothing better than digging into a really good serialized show, whether it's 'Breaking Bad' or 'Game of Thrones' or 'Justified.' David S. Goyer digging thrones games I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it. David S. Goyer four pages three I'm a big comic book geek and I've been reading comic books since pretty much since I was five or six in 1971 or something like that. So, I mean, I read it all and there's certainly a lot of different iterations of Superman that I personally have enjoyed more than others. David S. Goyer reading mean book Similar Authors Irving Brecher screenwriter Bill Kelly screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin screenwriter Burt Prelutsky screenwriter Budd Schulberg screenwriter Bryan Fuller screenwriter All Authors
