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Steven Bochco Quotes

Hill Street,’ because of the wacky nature of many of our characters, really allowed us to indulge a kind of cheek-to-jowl juxtaposition of high drama with very low humor Picture Quote #1

One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they’re good Picture Quote #1

The entertainment world, television, movies, social media, YouTube stuff, we’re so bombarded with so much imagery and such a great sense of inhumanity, and there is a coarseness, a coarsening of interaction Picture Quote #1

The thing that always interests me from a storytelling point of view is how that moment of trauma, whatever the trauma is, even divorce, your dog dies, whatever it is, the consequence, in terms of people’s emotional lives and the way it resonates behaviorally for a long time, is really the stuff that interests me Picture Quote #1

Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can’t really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience Picture Quote #1

You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience Picture Quote #1

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Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired Picture Quote #1

Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience Picture Quote #1

Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images Picture Quote #1

Imagery is like music Picture Quote #1

When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals Picture Quote #1

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words Picture Quote #1

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When all of your decisions are based on economics, you end up with a sameness of vision. You’re not taking the risks, you’re not exploiting the passions of your creators. You’re manufacturing product for a huge vending machine Picture Quote #1

If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would’ve done prison time Picture Quote #1

Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain Picture Quote #1

One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they’re good Picture Quote #1

Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don’t know what you’ll like, but you recognize it when you see it Picture Quote #1

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Hill Street,’ because of the wacky nature of many of our characters, really allowed us to indulge a kind of cheek-to-jowl juxtaposition of high drama with very low humor. (Steven Bochco Quotes) One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they’re good. (Steven Bochco Quotes) The entertainment world, television, movies, social media, YouTube stuff, we’re so bombarded with so much imagery and such a great sense of inhumanity, and there is a coarseness, a coarsening of interaction. (Steven Bochco Quotes) The thing that always interests me from a storytelling point of view is how that moment of trauma, whatever the trauma is, even divorce, your dog dies, whatever it is, the consequence, in terms of people’s emotional lives and the way it resonates behaviorally for a long time, is really the stuff that interests me. (Steven Bochco Quotes) Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can’t really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience (Steven Bochco Quotes) You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience (Steven Bochco Quotes) Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired (Steven Bochco Quotes) Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience (Steven Bochco Quotes) Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images (Steven Bochco Quotes) Imagery is like music (Steven Bochco Quotes) When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals (Steven Bochco Quotes) Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words (Steven Bochco Quotes) When all of your decisions are based on economics, you end up with a sameness of vision. You’re not taking the risks, you’re not exploiting the passions of your creators. You’re manufacturing product for a huge vending machine (Steven Bochco Quotes) If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would’ve done prison time (Steven Bochco Quotes) Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain (Steven Bochco Quotes) One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they’re good (Steven Bochco Quotes) Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don’t know what you’ll like, but you recognize it when you see it (Steven Bochco Quotes)