American - Producer | February 5, 1941 - September 30, 2010
Once you put something like 'The A-Team' on the map, it does become part of the DNA of television. People grab little pieces of it. I certainly grabbed little pieces of other people's shows when I was creating my shows.
Stephen J. Cannell
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I've been very successful at selling my things, but I've also been getting up at 4 in the morning for 40 years.
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I flunked three grades before I got out of high school.
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I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing it. Then I just sit down and I start. I hit the go button. I have an outline, which is 70 pages, but I don't look at it. I never have to look at it.
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I believe in three-act structure. When I say that to novel people, or people in the world of books, they go, 'Well, that's a film thing.' However, even a good joke has three acts.
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The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.
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I can write a book in probably three months.
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I love 'Dexter.' The dark sense of humor is wonderful.
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A lot of making TV is lightening in a bottle.
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