Chris Carter Quotes

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs of these individuals, that what can be imagined can be achieved, that you must dare to dream, but that there's no substitute for perseverance and hard work and teamwork because no one gets there alone; and that, while we commemorate the... the greatness of these events and the individuals who achieve them, we cannot forget the sacrifice of those who make these achievements and leaps possible.

The teaching of any science, for purposes of liberal education, without linking it with social progress and teaching its social significance, is a crime against the student mind. It is like teaching a child how to pronounce words but not what they mean.

There's always the pressure to make the movie good.

People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always thought Mulder and Scully were the light in dark places.

Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game

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.

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.'

You have these catch-phrases that you associate with 'The X-Files': 'Trust No One,' 'Deny Everything.' 'Believe the Lie' was one of them.

I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.

When something original works, then everyone wants to copy it. But if you're trying to do something that no one's ever seen before it's frightening.

I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion.

New Zealand totally rejects Japan's proposals to double the number of whales slaughtered in the Southern Ocean

He is a leader among leaders.

I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.

Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.