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Steven Bochco Inspirational Quotes (12)

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don't know what you'll like, but you recognize it when you see it.
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Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience.
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You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.
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I think the best work flows out of a collaborative environment.
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Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
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Imagery is like music.
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The thing that has always interested me in the kinds of shows that I do have more to do with the consequences of behavior than the behavior itself. Pulling a trigger and shooting somebody, or dismembering somebody.
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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.
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Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.
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