Dick Wolf Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.”

“I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.”

“It's show business. No show, no business.”

“It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.”

“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.”

“Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.”

“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.”

“If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.”

“The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.”

“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.'”