Vince Gilligan Quotes

Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever.

If you’re too rigid in your thinking you may miss some wonderful opportunities for storytelling.

I wanna keep being productive and creative.

It's weird how with a TV show, you don't have just the one ending - you have the many.

I'm not a big internet guy - not because I'm not interested in what people have to say, but probably because I'm too interested.

I love cable, but not because you can show boobies and say the F-word. I love it because you have more time to think. That's the blessing of it.

I've imparted that philosophy to the writers, but some of them look stuff up while some don't. Same with the editors, directors and actors. To each their own.

In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television.

[Making meth] is a complex process. The truth of it is that we live in a post-Google world where you can find six recipes for meth in 30 seconds on a search engine.

I think that for me, as far as audience expectations and how you manage your anxiety, it helps to keep things in perspective.

The last thing in the world that I would want to know, in my own life, is when I'm going to pass away.

I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell.

What's so great about making television is that it's a collaborative beast. It's created by a great many hands belonging to a great many people.

TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.

People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.

It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave the audience wanting more.

Skylar, you have to understand... All the things I did... I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And... I was... really... I was alive.