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" Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do not. A billion people have seen 'Batman' movies over the past 20 years, and they have been entertained and inspired. One man saw it as a sick entry point for mass murder. The one is tragic. The billion are not. I choose to write for the billion. "

Kurt Sutter

Man

Past

Evil

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Really

Respect

" I've been riding motorcycles since my early 20s, and I loved the hipness of the subculture. "

" If there's any secret to my success, it's that I just hire people who are smarter and more talented than I am. "

" The lazy blogosphere has given up on journalism and now trolls Twitter for their on-the-record in-depth articles. "

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Journalism

Lazy

" I know the book on me is I'm bombastic and over-the-top, but I think people who know me know that's a part of who I am, but it's not who I am. "

Kurt Sutter

I Am

Know

" I don't think or write from big ideals. "

" The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge. "

" I've made a career writing about fictitious anti-heroes. To create these worlds, I've spent a lot of time with active members on both sides of the law. And if I had to pick the most interesting of the two, the choice is obvious - we all love the guys in black. "

" I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things. "

" I'm not, like, a gregarious guy. I don't walk into a room and want to engage people. I'm just not wired that way. One on one, I'm fine. "

Kurt Sutter

Way

Want

" My wife, Katey Sagal, has transformed herself from a sitcom cartoon to a dramatic powerhouse. "

" All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended. "

" Never in the history of 'The Shield' was the word 'LAPD' ever mentioned. We would mention districts, like Wilshire and Hollenbeck and Marina, but Farmington was a fictitious district, and we never actually uttered the word 'LAPD.' So that was sort of the deal we made with them. "

Kurt Sutter

Deal

History

" I joke that I learned the essentials of storytelling from Hanna-Barbera, but I pretty much did. That kind of television is what enamored me as a kid, and that's what really got me hooked. You could say that's where it all began. "

Kurt Sutter

Kind

Kid

" I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I know that. I should not be successful. I know that too. My daily existence is a toss of the coin - one side, fear, the other side, gratitude. "

" I navigate through the world with the excitement and determination of a child. That's why I'm an artist. I'd die without an outlet for expression. Unfortunately, more often than not, that childlike energy is the maturity level I bring to many circumstances. "

" I do not write political shows; I should not write political shows. "

" I don't read a lot of fiction, but one of my favorite authors is William Kennedy; his books, to me, almost read like historical dramas because the mythologies are so detailed as he wove fiction with the factual history of Albany. "

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Books

" I'm a storyteller... I haves a God-given gift that I can share with you and perhaps entertain you and bring you along for the ride... So when anybody tries to take that away from me, or impede that, I get defensive. "

Kurt Sutter

Ride

I Can

" I like to take fictitious characters and circumstances and wedge them into a real world. "

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Real

Circumstances

" I knew from being on 'The Shield,' and having some experience in the financials of all of it, that after seven seasons, the production model changes and reverts back. It becomes a much more expensive show to do, and perhaps the economic feasibility of it somewhat goes away. "

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Changes

Seasons

" My dad was disappointed in me because I was obese, and he was a sports guy. As a result, I spent a lot of time in that basement. I could go down there and escape and be whatever I wanted to be. I had a huge fantasy life. It always involved vengeance. "

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Sports

Result

" I can be arrogant, I can be insufferable. "

" I'm drawn to the classic antihero, the guy who's probably made a bunch of mistakes and really has the capacity to go either way. That's the most interesting type of character for me to watch, to see what decisions they'll make. There's a lot of gray area there for a writer to explore. "

Kurt Sutter

See

Mistakes

" One of my favorite movies is the old Depardieu film 'The Return Of Martin Guerre,' which is actually a true story and a book. "

" Me personally, I'm a guy who it took a long time to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing. I relate to a lot of that finding oneself a little later in the game, or being thrown a curve later in the game. "

Kurt Sutter

Doing

Finding

" The rumor is not true: I am allowed in the state of Texas. "

Kurt Sutter

State

I Am

" I'm a guy desperately in need of buffers. I have big feelings, big reactions, big emotions. All the things that serve me as an artist, but challenge me as a socially-responsible human being. "

" Here's the deal with 'Bastard.' I loved that show, and for me, it was such a palate cleanser, going from writing urban vernacular and crime to, essentially, iambic pentameter. I loved the mythology of that world based on history, but what it came down to was money. "

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History

Money

" You have to be driven by something greater than you, where you don't surrender, and you commit to something like that. "