When you work in television, you're in the writer's room all the time. — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
In television, the writer-creator-showrunner is embraced as the creative mind. — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
Obviously, television is a writer's medium, so you get a lot more power and authority. With a film, the discipline is having… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
I have been working in television for quite a long time. In television, the writer is the constant, and the director is… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I knew very early on I wanted to be a television writer. My teachers told me I was a strong writer and… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of… — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
I think, in some ways, there's a point as a television writer that 'executive producer' is the natural credit you get, and… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
There's a way in which filmmaking is a director's medium and television is a writer's medium, so even as TV gets more… — Alan Taylor Copy Share Image
Television's very much a writer's medium, as it probably should be, but if you're not the writer, then as the performer, you… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
I think the best thing I ever did was, years before I got the 'Late Night' show, when I first got out… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
When you work in television you're in the writer's room all the time. You can't take 10 days or a week to… — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
When I started out, I was a television writer, and we wrote a television show that was on live every week. And… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize… — Frank Spotnitz Copy Share Image
I can write any kind of novel I want, any time, and sell it, but there's not that many people watching it.… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like the writers on the… — Jeffrey Klarik Copy Share Image
