Mark Frost
Mark Frost
Mark Frostis an American novelist, screenwriter, director and film producer, best known as a writer for the television series Hill Street Blues and as the co-creator of the television series Twin Peaks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth25 November 1953
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
enemy buried basements
Keep your friends close and your enemies dead and buried in the basement.
pain stories our-lives
What else are our lives but a story we tell ourselves to find some sense in the pain ofliving?
rumor internet truth-is
Dear Internet: You are very good at spreading rumors. Truth is more valuable and much harder to come by.
ideas icons superhero
The superhero genre speaks to a vast swath of humanity these days, and studios are in the business of constantly renewing their money-printing licenses. I sense we're nearing a saturation point with some of these icons, where it becomes more about the action figures and Happy Meals than it does the mythological heartbeat of the core ideas.
mind labyrinth entering
I have traveled down this path before - 'List of Seven' and 'Twin Peaks' both have thematic similarities - but 'Paladin' took me much deeper into the intuitive underground. Always bearing in mind Joseph Campbell's Rule No. 1: When entering a labyrinth, don't forget your ball of twine.
exercise firsts stomach
The first prerequisite of elaborate mental exercise was a full stomach.
elements crime consistent
Crime has always been a regrettably consistent element of the human experience.
hurt hate enemy
Hate wears you down and doesn’t hurt your enemy. It’s like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die.
men half might
If man could apply half the ingenuity he’s exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there’s no limit to what he might yet accomplish