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Michael Shanks

"I think the writing on the wall is definitely there this year that this is probably our last year."

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"I think the writing on the wall is definitely there this year that this is probably our last year."

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"Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite."

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"A true piece of writing sets you free."

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"A writer's duty is to draw a picture that expresses more inner beauty, deeper anxiety, and more complex tragedy than a real character ever can."

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"The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book ~ if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they are put on paper, chop them, erase them, pulverise them and start again. Don't whine when things are not going your way, because they are going the right way for The Book, which is more important. The show must go on, and so must The Book."

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"You are the writer of your life story, so don't forget to write the best one."

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"If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered."

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"Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience."

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"Through writing, an author opens the window of his heart through which a reader can see the inner self of the author."

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"Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it."

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"It was nice, though, to have the long term benefit to be able to pare away those things and eventually make the character my own and put my own unique stamp."
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"By the end of last year we solved a lot of threads, and it's really good for this new way we're taking the show to really have these new people and these new energies, frankly."
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"In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years."
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"With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable."
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"But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience."
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"It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him."
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"There was concern whether SCI FI would want the show back with all the recent changes. But now, the changes have made it feel fresh, like starting over."
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"You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it."
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"The environment on set is very encouraging."
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"It's fun to play the character and then watch him later."
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