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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 you to cut away extraneous information.

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Advertising Art Away Complete Cut Deliver Disciplines Form Information Message Story Tell Tiny Very You

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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, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Advertising Air Department Early Focus Focus Groups Groups Hated Highest History Nbc People Sales Saying Should Show The History Of Them Watch Were Who Why

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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 compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Backbone Book Character Compelling Draw Drove Effect Had People Saw Set Story Storytelling Very Way Writing You

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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 watch it so many times.

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Audiences Based Because Like Make Many Only Really Stories Television Think Times Want Watch You

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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.

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Bored Buildings Car Establishing Get Getting Later Line Out People Seconds Shots Then Walking

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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.

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Beach Behind Grim Like Movie Movies People Pretty Put Run Screen See Sheet Show Up Where Would

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

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Being Counterproductive Most People React Screamed Think Well I Think

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

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Clearly Communicate Done Just Possible Simply Try Want

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I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Also Best Best Work Get Out People Raised Rude Try Work Work Out I Was Raised

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If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.'

~Dick Wolf

Topics: Good Scripts Somebody Tell

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: December 20th, 1946

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