Matt Duffer

Books by Matt Duffer

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We shared the same fears as kids - snakes and clowns. Now we also have more adult fears, like television critics.
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That's why I wanted to say 'Stranger Things 2,' because I don't want to think about it as a TV show. Maybe it's a snobby thing, but it's like: 'Oh, I want it to be a movie. I want it to be a movie sequel.
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In kindergarten, we'd tell stories with our toys. We'd set a timer for two hours because we knew that was how long a movie was.
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When we saw 'The Knick' or 'True Detective,' they had very distinct scores that were doing very distinct things.
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We wish we had known that success takes time, that it's gonna require an unimaginable amount of hard work, that you're going to have to pretend you know what you're doing even when don't, and that as cheesy and cliche as it may sound, following your heart is actually... the key to everything.
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We never wanted to be ironic; we didn't want to wink at the audience.
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We lived in an ordinary suburb and had an ordinary childhood. It didn't feel like the 'South.' Everyone says Durham is a bunch of northern yankees transplanted to North Carolina. The stereotypical South does exist - if you drove 10 miles in the wrong direction you'd be right in the middle of it. We didn't grow up with that.
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