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> ['Reno' was originally going to be a sketch show, with the cops as a transitional element.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/reno-was-originally-going-to-be-a-sketch-show-with-the-cops-as-a/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/robert-ben-garant-11413_cops_reno-was-originally-going-to-be-a-sketch_1760147.jpg)

> [I think our 'Reno' cops are, basically, if you made us make fun of ourselves at a party. That is what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/i-think-our-reno-cops-are-basically-if-you-made-us-make-fun-of/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/robert-ben-garant-11413_fun_i-think-our-reno-cops-are-basically-if-y_2033054.jpg)

> [In cop shows, the police don't get to rag on each other and rag on their commander and rag on the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/in-cop-shows-the-police-don-t-get-to-rag-on-each-other-and-rag-on/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/robert-ben-garant-11413_cops_in-cop-shows-the-police-don-t-get-to-rag_3032646.jpg)

## Other authors on Cops

- [Steven Magee 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cops/steven-magee/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-conlon-31738.jpg) Edward Conlon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cops/edward-conlon/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-don-winslow-29925.jpg) Don Winslow 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cops/don-winslow/)

## More by Robert Ben Garant

> [There were guys in 'The State' who would take one script and rewrite it and rewrite it and rewrite it and fight for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/there-were-guys-in-the-state-who-would-take-one-script-and-rewrite-it/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [You need to know that going in, and you also need to be able to write all the time. So when somebody looks at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/you-need-to-know-that-going-in-and-you-also-need-to-be-able-to-write/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/not-taking-criticism-of-your-writing-personally-is-an-enormous-step/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [Movies are very, very good to me; What do I need TV for?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/movies-are-very-very-good-to-me-what-do-i-need-tv-for/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [I write manically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/i-write-manically/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [Most movies were always terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/most-movies-were-always-terrible/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [I don't think people realize how many scripts you write that go nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/i-don-t-think-people-realize-how-many-scripts-you-write-that-go/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [If you have a writing partner that you don't share a work ethic with, it's doomed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/if-you-have-a-writing-partner-that-you-don-t-share-a-work-ethic-with/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [We joke a lot about how, in Hollywood, the writer is one step below the doormat. That's not self-loathing. That's true!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/we-joke-a-lot-about-how-in-hollywood-the-writer-is-one-step-below-the/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [For a living I write stuff that I know is gonna sell to a studio and make a lot of money at the multiplex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/for-a-living-i-write-stuff-that-i-know-is-gonna-sell-to-a-studio-and/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [There are a huge amount of people who sell a TV pilot every year, but most of them never get produced. It's very easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/there-are-a-huge-amount-of-people-who-sell-a-tv-pilot-every-year-but/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [It's much easier to get your material out to the public now than it was in 1988, when you basically had to get onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/it-s-much-easier-to-get-your-material-out-to-the-public-now-than-it/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [You can't teach somebody how to be a good writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/you-can-t-teach-somebody-how-to-be-a-good-writer/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> ['Balls of Fury' was my first time directing, and that's a movie that I think parts of it are great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/balls-of-fury-was-my-first-time-directing-and-that-s-a-movie-that-i/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

> [ You have to be willing to throw \[writing\] stuff away and replace it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/you-have-to-be-willing-to-throw-writing-stuff-away-and-replace-it/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

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