Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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 days, sometimes there are things I see that don't work as well. If I have two weeks, the scripts get kind of flabby and lack the adrenaline that a sense of deadline fills you with.

David E. Kelley's Popular Quotes

I never thought of myself as a writer.

- David E. Kelley

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…

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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…

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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.

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The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.

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You learn more when things go wrong.

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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 …

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When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

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Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

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