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Hundreds of people who've never written before send in 'Dr. Who' scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is…

— Douglas Adams

TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers.

— Roger Avary

Launching a new TV show is probably one of the most difficult things that a writer can do.

— George Meyer

As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with…

— Josh Elliott

In TV, it's so much more about the writers because they're the ones creating the universe. The writers are the ones who know what's…

— Juno Temple

Television is certainly a writers-led medium. They're the ones who are there, they're the ones that are conferencing or whatever, with directors coming and…

— Brian Baumgartner

TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and…

— Connie Nielsen

I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used…

— Natalie Zea

In TV, writers generally are the show runners, and they have enormous control over everything. In feature films, very often the writer will turn…

— Terence Winter

They're pretty particular about what they show. They certainly edit the scripts and have conversations with the writers about what they are and aren't…

— James Denton

A lot of directors keep writers away because the writers know the script better than anybody, obviously they do, and they have certain intents.…

— Glenn Ficarra

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

— Aaron Sorkin