I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion. Chris Carter Read Quote
The experience of seeing a surf movie in the 1970s, as a teenager, and the energy in those theatres, was amazing. It was the only way to see people surfing. These guys would go out and make these surf movies and bring them to four-wall theatres. It was an incredible experience that I’ll never forget. Chris Carter Read Quote
If you look at ‘The X-Files’ generally, we did 202 episodes. About 80% of them are not ‘mythology’ episodes, which tend to be the epic episodes. They deal with the big conspiracies, the search for Mulder’s sister. They deal with what I would call the ‘saga’ of ‘The X-Files.’ Chris Carter Read Quote
I think I’ve been asked a lot more than most TV producers to go on-camera. But I just do what I do and don’t think about the package. Chris Carter Read Quote
I’ve been asked to do surfing movies over the years and offered several opportunities. I just felt that if I were to do one, I’d have to do the perfect surfing movie. And I don’t know if that exists because surfing is such a personal thing. Chris Carter Read Quote
Even if I see 300 ‘X-Files’ fans together, I can’t fathom – I cannot imagine – the audience itself. All I think about is the show and all I think about is why I like it and why I like to write it and why I like the characters and what I have to say through them. Chris Carter Read Quote
My brother is a scientist. He’s a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world. Chris Carter Read Quote
Really, some of the best ‘X-Files’ stories come right out of science. And you just apply that ‘what-if’ idea. Oh, what if this were true? And that’s why so many times the show is scarier because it was not necessarily improbable. Chris Carter Read Quote
I wasn’t a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on ‘The X-Files.’ Chris Carter Read Quote
I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is ‘All the President’s Men.’ Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism. Chris Carter Read Quote
