Writing Quote by Leisha Hailey

In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers…

— Victor Garber

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.

— Michael Landon

One thing I've learned is that the audience not only wants to be talked to but they also like to talk back. Maybe that's…

— Jonathan Coulton

With comedy, I think it's so important, especially in TV, to know and trust what the writers are writing and just have it down.

— Jay Harrington

Yes I agree shows sometimes go over dramatic, hit tracks get repeated, but then why not also talk about the kind of interesting shows…

— Rupali Ganguly

TV is gratifying in the long-term. We [writers] find ourselves knowing who we can go to for a laugh, or who we can go…

— Michael Brandt

It's so fun to be on a show where we're all on our toes, all the time. We're constantly texting each other and calling…

— Devin Kelley

I understand our audience loves to see some drama on TV, but even they have got bored with similar patterns of carrying out reality…

— Armaan Malik

The one thing that TV is bad at doing is preaching. There are two extremes, you either turn the people into a punchline or…

— Mike Rowe

We constantly run lines together before every show too, and then there's a long, traditionally long, story to tell the audience every show. Today,…

— Bill Irwin

I mean we take it for granted that a TV show is entertainment, but sometimes it's responsible for huge shifts in politics, in society.…

— John Whaite

TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.

— Vince Gilligan