As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize your thoughts in a very clear and concise way and write them down quickly. Those were all things that have proven really useful in my life as a television writer.
Frank SpotnitzIt sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories.
Frank SpotnitzWhen I sit down, I find that it's much easier for me to want to consume a movie than to dip back into 20 or 40 or 60 hours of a television series. I think a great movie is really amazing. But, television does give you a larger canvas.
Frank SpotnitzThe beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.
Frank Spotnitz