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33 quotes by Dick Wolf

Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American television producer, specializing in crime dramas such as Miami Vice and the Law & Order franchise. He has won several awards including an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Wolf has also authored three books. The first, nonfiction Law & Order: Crime Scenes, is a companion to the Law & Order television series. The Intercept and The Execution are the...
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I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

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

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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... →

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As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.

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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... →

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I hardly see myself as a futurist.

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The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

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The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is... →

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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... →

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When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups... →

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The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for... →

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Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines... →

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

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