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.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the fascination with anti-heroes in storytelling, emphasizing our attraction to morally complex characters.
Kurt Sutter highlights the allure of anti-heroes in fiction, suggesting that these morally ambiguous characters often captivate audiences more than traditional heroes. His experience interacting with people from both sides of the law deepens his understanding of this phenomenon, reinforcing the idea that we are drawn to those who defy conventional morals, often represented metaphorically as 'the guys in black'.
In practice
During a lecture on modern literature, this quote can illustrate how complexities in character development engage readers.
The stuff that I learned on 'Sons,' the education of how to tell stories, was part of that mythology. It's hard to look at it and go, 'Oh, if I knew this, I would have done it this way,' because the fact is I like to think that all that sort of unraveled as it was supposed to.
You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.
I spent a whole summer working on what proved to be 'A Game of Thrones'.
I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world.
The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
Most of my songs have names of people I've met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me.
For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but it's in a form that is so sensually gratifying that it connects the surviving heart to the despairing intellect.
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