I’ve come to regard the superior end of HBO drama as, above all, novelistic. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
I think more talented writers should get involved in the industry, yes, of course. But that doesn’t presuppose that those writers have to be novelists or screenwriters. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
For me, some of the most intense creativity comes when something has to change for technical or design reasons, and you’re trying to find a way to make it fit the fiction. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
With a game, you’re only one part of a team, and what emerges at launch is very much the culmination of the whole team’s efforts. You can be proud of playing your part, but it doesn’t ever belong to you. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
As to the differences between game work and novel writing, well, obviously the former is a lot less lonely – you’re in and out of meetings all the time, bouncing stuff back and forth with the level designers, the art department, the animation team, so forth. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
I think noir is an immensely powerful – and elastic – lens through which to look at narrative and character. It seems to access something dark and true in us that other modes of fiction are often a bit prissy about touching. But the key to making it work as time and culture moves on is to use the elasticity, not just the power. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
Most women I’ve ever met either already have or at some point want kids, but there are still significant numbers who don’t, or at least don’t right now. But those variations are beside the point – the real point is that among all those women, having or wanting kids or not, I never met a single one who didn’t want the choice. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
I remember visits to the local libraries and getting my own library cards as things of rite-of-passage significance. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
As far as I’m concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults. Richard K. Morgan Read Quote
