--- title: "1 Director Makes Quotes By Dick Wolf" description: "1 Director Makes quotes by Dick Wolf. Plus more from Dick Wolf and more Director Makes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/dick-wolf-17740_articles_there-was-an-interesting-article-in-los_25354.jpg" --- > [There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/there-was-an-interesting-article-in-los-angeles-magazine-about-women/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/dick-wolf-17740_articles_there-was-an-interesting-article-in-los_25354.jpg) ## More by Dick Wolf > [There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/there-was-an-interesting-article-in-los-angeles-magazine-about-women/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-don-t-think-you-can-really-make-television-based-on-what-you-think/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/there-are-professional-negotiators-working-for-the-writers-and-the/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-story-drove-the-book-that-had-a-very-seminal-effect-on-the-way-i/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [I've known John Landgraf for 20 years. He said it perfectly. People will ask if I've seen X. My response has often been, 'Seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-ve-known-john-landgraf-for-20-years-he-said-it-perfectly-people/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/people-recognize-certain-things-like-d-means-this-dialogue-stinks-we/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-consider-myself-one-of-the-luckiest-people-in-the-history-of-show/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/the-threat-to-free-television-the-reason-television-is-free-is/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/people-do-have-viewing-patterns-and-you-disrupt-those-at-your-own/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-think-most-people-don-t-react-well-to-being-screamed-at-it-s/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/advertising-is-the-art-of-the-tiny-you-have-to-tell-a-complete-a/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/and-the-consumer-doesn-t-care-they-don-t-watch-networks-they-watch-tv/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [I hardly see myself as a futurist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-hardly-see-myself-as-a-futurist/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-would-say-that-if-you-really-wished-to-be-a-working-member-of-the/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) > [There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/there-are-other-options-out-there-after-all-like-read-a-book-go-on/) [Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/director-makes/dick-wolf/#itemlist", "name": "1 Director Makes Quotes By Dick Wolf", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. 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