There are story-room sessions where you think about the big picture, like a novel, but once you have certain things in place, you have to treat each episode like an hour of TV, and think that maybe this will be… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
I always think it's better to take your time and go through a lot of ideas - and dismiss a lot of ideas - before figuring out where to land. It's a good way to care for your audience, too.… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level,… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
The payment for certain sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided. — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
Nothing makes me happier than to have a smart person tell me why the show is smart, especially if I didn't intend that. I… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
I'm very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied.… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
Working as a showrunner has made it tougher to watch other shows and movies. — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
