40 Quotes by Steven Bochco

Privately, we always called 'Hill Street' 'Cop Soap.'

I'm very respectful of the distressing imagery that a show like this, or even NYPD Blue, is capable of evoking in people.

I really wanted an opportunity to work with him again, and he was enthusiastic about the idea,

I remember practically every joke I've ever heard in my life.

I tend not to spend a lot of time looking in the rearview mirror. If you say, 'Oh, I did 'Hill Street Blues' or 'L.A. Law' and everything I do has to measure up to some preconceived notion of that,' it would paralyze you.

'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.

I don't think there's going to be a SAG strike,

If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would've done prison time.

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.