41 Quotes by David E. Kelley

I think the law changes, which is a nice luxury.

I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it.

So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.

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

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

You learn more when things go wrong.

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.

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 goes beyond what exists, rather than fixing what exists... the designer wants to create a solution that fits in a deeper situational or social sense.

My court skills may have atrophied.