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> [I think you have to do the stories that interest you and hope an audience likes it, rather than doing stories that you think the audience will like, whether you like them or not. I think there has to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/i-think-you-have-to-do-the-stories-that-interest-you-and-hope-an/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

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## More by David Shore

> [You have to make changes before people are clamoring for changes. If people are asking for changes, it's too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-have-to-make-changes-before-people-are-clamoring-for-changes-if/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit the crime,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/the-saying-within-the-writer-s-room-which-were-my-words-of-wisdom-if/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [You have to be driven by the stories that you want to tell. You can't simply be responding, or there won't be any real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-have-to-be-driven-by-the-stories-that-you-want-to-tell-you-can-t/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Shorten the runway and you have fewer takeoffs and landings, shorten the runway and you enhance safety and reduce the noise, ... It also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/shorten-the-runway-and-you-have-fewer-takeoffs-and-landings-shorten/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Directing is a very all-consuming job. What you want to do there, as you're coming down the final road, is to just sit back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/directing-is-a-very-all-consuming-job-what-you-want-to-do-there-as/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/doing-what-you-love-means-dealing-with-things-you-don-t/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Like I always say, there's no 'I' in team. There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/like-i-always-say-there-s-no-i-in-team-there-is-a-me-though-if-you/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/if-we-were-to-care-about-every-person-suffering-on-this-planet-life/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [You make decisions and choices, and you're never going to know if they're the ideal choices, but you make them and you make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-make-decisions-and-choices-and-you-re-never-going-to-know-if-they/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [There are a lot of explorations on TV of romantic relationships, and some are good and some are bad. I think there are very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/there-are-a-lot-of-explorations-on-tv-of-romantic-relationships-and/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Only two things you ignore: things that aren't important and things you wish weren't important, and wishing never works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/only-two-things-you-ignore-things-that-aren-t-important-and-things/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [I think you have to do the stories that interest you and hope an audience likes it, rather than doing stories that you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/i-think-you-have-to-do-the-stories-that-interest-you-and-hope-an/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-re-supposed-to-trust-friends-you-have-no-reason-to-be-his-friend/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/people-choose-the-paths-that-grant-them-the-greatest-rewards-for-the-2/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [“If you are not willing to look stupid, nothing great is ever going to happen to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/if-you-are-not-willing-to-look-stupid-nothing-great-is-ever-going-to/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

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