Occupation: Writer Birth: April 4, 1956
I think the law changes, which is a nice luxury..
If you interview people or friends who work with me, they would say I'm private or internal or don't emote a lot. Yet I do it every day for 10 millio….
But Steven Bochco was smart; he knew that viewers were smart..
I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it..
The designer [...] has a passion for doing something that fits somebody's needs, but that is not just a simple fix. The designer has a dream that goe….
We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social..
It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with tha….
I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the process..
The ideal time for writing a [television] script is four days, though sometimes it has to be two or three days depending on the deadline. If it's two….
I don't think I could write a straight drama..
So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to..
My court skills may have atrophied..
I never thought of myself as a writer..
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and….
You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesn't mean you can't pr….
One of the most fundamental questions people have about defense attorneys is, 'How can you do that? How can you go to bat everyday for a person that ….
When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right..
The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am..
Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses..
You learn more when things go wrong..
When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you..