David E. Kelley Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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 I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.”

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

“If you interview people or friends who work with me, they would say I'm private or internal or don't emote a lot. Yet I do it every day for 10 million people. I just don't do it for the 30 people I'm in the room with.”

“You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesn't mean you can't provoke them and antagonize them and challenge them in the course of the entertainment as long as you keep the entertainment part of the equation alive.”