Chris Carter quotes

Chris Carter is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of "The X-Files" series. His work has had a major influence on science fiction and supernatural television genres. He continues to shape pop culture with innovative storytelling and production. Here are 14 of his quotes:

People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always thought Mulder and Scully were the light in dark places.

Chris Carter

You have these catch-phrases that you associate with 'The X-Files': 'Trust No One,' 'Deny Everything.' 'Believe the Lie' was one of them.

Chris Carter

I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion.

Chris Carter

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

Chris Carter

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.

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I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is 'All the President's Men.' Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism.

Chris Carter

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.'

Chris Carter

I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.

Chris Carter

I've got funny things. David Duchovny had to have a cast made of his face to do an old person's make-up, and I've got that cast of his face in my house. I've got something from the pilot, the original implant that was in Billy Miles' head. I've got a sign from 'The Erlenmeyer Flask.' But my house isn't a museum to 'The X-Files!'

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Agent Mulder believes we are not alone.

Chris Carter

We've got The X-Files, and I believe what we're looking for is in them. I'm more certain than ever the truth is out there, Scully.

Chris Carter

This kid may be the key not just to all human potential, but to all spiritual unexplained paranormal phenomena. The key to everything in The X-Files.

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