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> [The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit the crime, but there has to be a crime."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/the-saying-within-the-writer-s-room-which-were-my-words-of-wisdom-if/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

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## More by David Shore

> [You have to make changes before people are clamoring for changes. If people are asking for changes, it's too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-have-to-make-changes-before-people-are-clamoring-for-changes-if/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit the crime,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/the-saying-within-the-writer-s-room-which-were-my-words-of-wisdom-if/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [You have to be driven by the stories that you want to tell. You can't simply be responding, or there won't be any real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-have-to-be-driven-by-the-stories-that-you-want-to-tell-you-can-t/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Shorten the runway and you have fewer takeoffs and landings, shorten the runway and you enhance safety and reduce the noise, ... It also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/shorten-the-runway-and-you-have-fewer-takeoffs-and-landings-shorten/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Directing is a very all-consuming job. What you want to do there, as you're coming down the final road, is to just sit back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/directing-is-a-very-all-consuming-job-what-you-want-to-do-there-as/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/doing-what-you-love-means-dealing-with-things-you-don-t/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Like I always say, there's no 'I' in team. There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/like-i-always-say-there-s-no-i-in-team-there-is-a-me-though-if-you/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/if-we-were-to-care-about-every-person-suffering-on-this-planet-life/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [You make decisions and choices, and you're never going to know if they're the ideal choices, but you make them and you make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-make-decisions-and-choices-and-you-re-never-going-to-know-if-they/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [There are a lot of explorations on TV of romantic relationships, and some are good and some are bad. I think there are very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/there-are-a-lot-of-explorations-on-tv-of-romantic-relationships-and/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [Only two things you ignore: things that aren't important and things you wish weren't important, and wishing never works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/only-two-things-you-ignore-things-that-aren-t-important-and-things/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [I think you have to do the stories that interest you and hope an audience likes it, rather than doing stories that you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/i-think-you-have-to-do-the-stories-that-interest-you-and-hope-an/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/you-re-supposed-to-trust-friends-you-have-no-reason-to-be-his-friend/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/people-choose-the-paths-that-grant-them-the-greatest-rewards-for-the-2/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

> [“If you are not willing to look stupid, nothing great is ever going to happen to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shore/if-you-are-not-willing-to-look-stupid-nothing-great-is-ever-going-to/)

[David Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shore/)

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