Chris Carter
Chris Carter
Visionary creator of the TV series The X-Files. He also went on to create three other series for Fox: Harsh Realm, Millennium, and The Lone Gunmen.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth13 October 1957
CountryUnited States of America
yes
Yes they're dangerous, but they're also beautiful, they're also part of this world and we need to look after them.
became fan funny network threat ways
It's funny - I was a big fan of 'The Sopranos.' It became kind of a threat to 'The X-Files' in a way because they could play with language, character, and story in ways that we never could because of the limitations of network television.
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It's kind of a quiet community where everybody still knows each other. Everybody's still out walking the dogs on the street, which is rare in Charlotte any more.
took
It took them a while to understand, you can do this, you can't do that.
call creative energy harder maintain tv
The real challenge in doing a TV show is in what I would call the maintenance energy. You take that creative energy and you use it every week, of course. But you then need to maintain the quality of the stories, and it's harder to do.
children teaching mean
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.
games opponents respect-yourself
Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game
inspirational leadership leader
He is a leader among leaders.
teamwork dream perseverance
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.
thinking different angle
I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion.
airplane thinking artist
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.
important x-files defined
I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.
jazz funk ifs
I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing.
trying want copies
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.