Quotes from Lisa Joy

You know, both my parents aren't really from this country, and the emphasis was really on education and studying, and TV seemed like it was not the best use of my time for my parents. So ironically, of course, I rebelled completely and now it's how I make a living.

When I write a script, I have all the old versions of the script on my laptop. They're saved as backups in case something goes horribly wrong.

There are very few video games where there are - like, completely pacifistic - and if there are, I tend to play them - 'Dance Dance Revolution,' there was a game called 'Flower' that I really enjoy.

Audiences are just like us as writers - we grow attached to characters. In certain ways you don't want them to change.

If action scenes just happen decontextualized, they lose their weight and the viewer can feel they don't make sense and that they wouldn't have happened that way.

I think it's a very powerful notion, the notion that our personal views, although closely held, are not necessarily right. That part of what is noble is making sure there are checks and balances and a plurality of opinions.

I love the idea of the literary salons in France where artists and writers would all come and talk and drink absinthe.

Don't just sit there dreaming; dreaming is the luxury of the rich.