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Cables Quote by Shawn Ryan

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“The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.”

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I don't want my writing to be recognized.

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In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level,…

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The payment for certain sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.

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Nothing makes me happier than to have a smart person tell me why the show is smart, especially if I didn't intend that. I…

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I'm very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV…

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Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied.…

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Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I…

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I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that…

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There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many…

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I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

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I'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to.

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Working as a showrunner has made it tougher to watch other shows and movies.

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