57 Quotes by Dick Wolf

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

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

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

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric.

As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.

The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks.

The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.