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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.

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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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My dad was my best friend. I worshipped him. All of my success in life really comes from him. He believed that you get nothing from negativity.

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So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.

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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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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: February 5th, 1941

Died: September 30th, 2010

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