David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelleyis an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal, and Harry's Law as well as several films. Kelley is one of very few screenwriters to have created shows aired on all four top commercial U.S. television networks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth4 April 1956
CountryUnited States of America
thinking strange process
I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the process.
thinking law morality
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.
drama writing thinking
I don't think I could write a straight drama.
nice thinking luxury
I think the law changes, which is a nice luxury.
writing thinking people
So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.
thinking extra-time retrospect
In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.
writing stories process
When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.
home night people
People are out of their home on a Saturday night or they're at the movies or they're at dinner and a lot of the people who flip on the television are doing just that. They may have never seen your show before and you can't count on to your audience to be there week in and week out.
writing way feels
The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.
scratches stories claws
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.
children character people
When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.
when-things-go-wrong
You learn more when things go wrong.
people rooms interviews
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.
people succeed triggers
It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.