57 Quotes by Dick Wolf

People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That’s something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time.

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.

This was a war waged by damaged individuals, making victims of the innocent. Trying to be the catcher in the rye, as Fisk had, was insanity. Then again, despite the Sisyphean aspect of the job, somebody had to do it. Or at least try.

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

I think most people don’t react well to being screamed at. It’s counterproductive.

I don’t think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

These men represent the blend of state-of-the-art technology and shrewd old-school intelligence that makes our city as safe as anyplace on the planet.

I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don’t go out on strike because then there’s no work and no potential of work.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it’s also disingenuous to say, ‘We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.’