Children Quote by Tina Fey

“Pilot scripts are particularly difficult to write because you have to introduce all the characters without it feeling like a series of introductions.”

— Tina Fey

I'm extra harsh on pilot scripts, which is difficult because pilots, generally, are not that great. You have to imagine the whole series instead…

— Lizzy Caplan

Writing pilots is such a specific thing. It's not even really writing TV shows. A pilot is its own beast.

— June Diane Raphael

At the end of the day, it's really, really difficult to make a brand-new show, to write a pilot where you have to introduce…

— Missy Peregrym

To a large extent: it's about economy of space. You have so little real estate when you're writing a half hour show. It's really…

— Jonathan M. Goldstein

Pilots are so hard because you have to introduce all these characters, you have to hook an audience, and an audience has such a…

— Max Greenfield

The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is meant to…

— Michael Spiller

You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.

— Caitlin Fitzgerald

When you're doing a pilot, you're doing it in this bubble that almost works against the creative impulse. You don't have time to get…

— Josh Gad

You hope for that with anything, but with a TV show, the writer and the actor being the right mix are more important than…

— Jake Kasdan

A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are…

— Kim Cattrall

In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to…

— Jack Davenport