"The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in."

People, Character, Effect, Writing

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"The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in."

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"The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits."

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"It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim."

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"The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in."

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"Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off."

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"There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie."

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"If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike."

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"And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows."

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"The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house."

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"The ad revenues still go up because nothing dependably delivers the eyeballs that successful series do."

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"I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible."

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