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> [Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only because they need you. If they didn't have to treat you with respect, they would be happy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/television-is-a-very-writer-driven-business-and-it-s-one-of-the-few/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

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## More by Mitchell Hurwitz

> [One of the best ways into the business is to get a job with a production, which you can do by cold-calling or by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/one-of-the-best-ways-into-the-business-is-to-get-a-job-with-a/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [For the most part you are dealing with jealousy, you are dealing with love, you're dealing with hatred, you are dealing with revenge and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/for-the-most-part-you-are-dealing-with-jealousy-you-are-dealing-with/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [I joked recently that I thought 30 seconds a day for three years would be the best way to enjoy it, and I'm going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/i-joked-recently-that-i-thought-30-seconds-a-day-for-three-years/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [What you'll gain is the macro story. You'll get a good command of that. And what you might lose is some of the fun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/what-you-ll-gain-is-the-macro-story-you-ll-get-a-good-command-of-that/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [I always liked magic. I was always embarrassed by liking magic because I liked the fact that they're just lying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/i-always-liked-magic-i-was-always-embarrassed-by-liking-magic-because/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [The revolution is here. It's established that Netflix is a place where you can get premium content. It's a whole new world. It's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/the-revolution-is-here-it-s-established-that-netflix-is-a-place-where/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [We started writing the shows in order, and then very quickly had to jump to, "Oh, we got Tony Hale today and Jessica \[Walter."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/we-started-writing-the-shows-in-order-and-then-very-quickly-had-to/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/there-s-real-peril-in-trying-to-repeat-yourself-and-apply-rules-that/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [The TV industry works in this crazy system where everybody's trying to get the same actors at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/the-tv-industry-works-in-this-crazy-system-where-everybody-s-trying/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [When I was on 'The Golden Girls,' we'd have eight scenes per show. And when 'Seinfeld' came along, they went to, like, 30 scenes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/when-i-was-on-the-golden-girls-we-d-have-eight-scenes-per-show-and/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody was watching. We weren't getting feedback. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/when-we-were-making-arrested-development-it-was-the-hardest-thing-i-d/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [One of the challenges of the show has always been trying to be surprising, and that was easy to do when nobody was watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/one-of-the-challenges-of-the-show-has-always-been-trying-to-be/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [It's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about how you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/it-s-very-easy-i-think-when-you-re-a-creative-person-to-wait-for-the/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [The people that always impress me are the ones that are curious about what they're going to do next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/the-people-that-always-impress-me-are-the-ones-that-are-curious-about/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

> [If you've got a restaurant, you definitely want the line to be out the door the first night, but you're more interested in people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hurwitz/if-you-ve-got-a-restaurant-you-definitely-want-the-line-to-be-out-the/)

[Mitchell Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hurwitz/)

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