David Benioff Quotes & Sayings

“I've never flown a kite.”

“I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.”

“Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.”

“And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet.”

“I'm just not a natural teacher.”

“A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.”

“But in a 24-hour day, the 25th hour is also the impossible hour, an hour that doesn't exist, that can only be created by the imagination.”

“Fiction novels, that's my game.”

“I like having my own story remain my story.”

“I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.”