Average Quote by Nell Scovell

Television is a great job for a writer in the way that movies used to be, way before my time. Back when writers in…

— Vince Gilligan

For a writer, working in television is an incredibly rewarding medium. You're in charge of all aspects of production and get to see your…

— Stephanie Savage

The idea of the writer/producer in television is much younger than people think it is.

— Matt Nix

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

— Frank Darabont

I've always been a super-fan of television storytelling. It took me a while to figure that out in a career capacity, but certainly in…

— Julie Plec

You'd be surprised how many writers, or how many actors, if they miss a paycheck or two, they've got nothing. As a writer or…

— Paul Haggis

I started out as a journalist for about 8 or 9 years, and then I started working in film and television in 2014.

— Cord Jefferson

If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that are giving…

— Michael Shannon

TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers for a…

— Carlton Cuse

I've been a writer longer than I've been an actor. I wrote short stories like crazy when I was in high school and college.…

— Thomas Haden Church

The fact is that television, even before the movies, offered the chance to control our work and to get to do it again when…

— James L. Brooks

It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.

— Rex Smith