"Ultimately people don't watch shows because of how……" — Michael Loceff
"Ultimately people don't watch shows because of how realistic they are. They watch them because of the same dramatic elements that have always made stories interesting. And fundamentally if those elements don't work, no amount of reality is going to be enough to keep people watching a show."
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The idea that you could stitch together every detail episode to episode and preserve continuity for the length of a…
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As far as how important the real-life resonance of the stories is, I think it must play at least a…
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To create a situation where each new episode has to start in the exact same place as the previous one,…
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I actually started in the opposite place. I come from a technical background - I'm a mathematician and a programmer…
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The rule, I think, is: Do your homework, learn what there is to learn about the real world, and then…
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You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to…
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My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People…
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To be fair to ourselves, in almost every original script, the timing is actually worked out down to the minute
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What happens is that as the scripts are rewritten and re-edited in order to make the story more compelling, you…
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The beauty behind killing someone who no one thinks you're willing to kill is, of course, that you throw people…
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I think ultimately what makes the show is not the reality but the drama.
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I personally have more faith than the average writer in people's willingness to be complicated, and so I'm thrilled by…
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