When you start a TV show, you're not necessarily thinking, "Are we setting up what we need for season seven?" You're just trying to stay on the air, and you try to learn your job as you go, and do… — 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
