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> [The novel is final form; it's the ultimate individual final form. Television and motion pictures never get there. You'd be fabulous to think that something you write is even going to be filmed. I give it the best shot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ellroy/the-novel-is-final-form-it-s-the-ultimate-individual-final-form/)

[James Ellroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ellroy/)

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> [More and more, you're seeing television shows that are better than 99% of the movies out there. I mean, you watch something like the last couple of seasons of 'The Sopranos,' which is some of the most sophisticated writing I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-scott/more-and-more-you-re-seeing-television-shows-that-are-better-than-99/)

[Adam Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-scott/)

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