Jim Rash
'Game of Thrones' is taking dense novels and trying to shrink it all down to a slightly manageable series in the sense that there are so many characters and so many locations.
There are writers' rooms that will write episodes all together, who will break into little groups and write certain scenes. Everyone's process can be a little bit malleable. Everyone tries to get into a groove or find what works for their room.
The director in TV and the writer and the creator are working very much hand in hand.
Old beach houses sometimes don't have TVs, or you don't get cellphone reception.
I can't wait to meet Steven Spielberg or Al Pacino again so I can say, 'I have to tell you how you know me. You know me because I am the worst actor in the world.'
I think what makes a good show is obviously a rabid fan base.
I like to believe we're always looking to evolve as writers.
I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.
I remember lying on the floor of my room, staring at a black-and-white television for most of the '80s - watching 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' 'Silver Spoons,' Saturday morning cartoons, and 'Murder, She Wrote' while eating an insane amount of Stouffer's French bread pizza. I was sucked into it all.
Writing sketches, youre also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things.Collection: Writing
I loved Lost, from beginning to end.Collection: Lost