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I have a lot of faith in our showrunners.
John Landgraf
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Perhaps storytellers don't need to care as much about the future as executives and investors do. After all, isn't it possible that technology will enable storytellers to connect directly to their audience without the need for anyone to share the programming decisions or the profit in between? Don't bet on it.
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I want the humans to be able to hold their own against the strength of the machines.
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I'm not interested in world domination. I'm interested in running a nice little brand that takes care of its own and does really good work.
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You can't be in a certain business and not sell to Amazon or not sell to Wal-Mart. You have to reckon with them, because even though there are other buyers, they're the only buyers that matter.
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I don't want artists to find themselves in a situation where there are only two buyers. That just doesn't seem like a good outcome.
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Was there ever anyone more ill-suited for being the showman of the year than me?
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I think of myself as a shy, modest, relatively unassuming person.
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Even good shows can fail to find an audience because they're drowned out by the noise and the sheer volume of everything that is being made. It's one of the downsides of there being, as I've argued, too many shows.
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We are the only animal that tells stories.
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I think it would be bad for storytellers in general if one company was able to seize a 40-50-60% share in storytelling. I don't think monopoly market shares are good for society, and I think they'd be particularly bad for society and storytellers if they were achieved in the storytelling genre.
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I have respect for anyone who helps a creator put a great television show on the air.
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