Dick Wolf Quotes

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• I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.
• Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk…
• It's show business. No show, no business.
• The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about…
• The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character…
• Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful…
• People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down…
• I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no…
• I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they…
• I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.
• Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form.…
• I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you…
• I hardly see myself as a futurist.
• If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.
• If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health…
• People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back…
• There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.
• I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.
• I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.
• Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

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