“I think maybe the most important thing that I or anybody at my company and any of my colleagues can do is establish a trusting, productive, collaborative relationship with creative people.” PeopleThinkingImportantCan DoCompanyCreativeImportant ThingsProductiveColleaguesCreative People Author:John Landgraf
“I don't think I ever had any relationship with any showrunner, over time, with whom I didn't have conflict.” ThinkingConflict Author:John Landgraf
“I think a shotgun or a handgun that has a six-round clip is a very good, perfectly adequate weapon for self-defense, in the home. You simply can't create that kind of mayhem, if you have to reload.” IfsThinkingKindSelfHomeSixWeaponsRoundsVery GoodDefenseAdequateSelf DefenseClipHandgunsMayhemShotguns Author:John Landgraf
“I think the possibility of continuing on a comedy is greater than a drama.” ThinkingComedyGreaterPossibilityDramaContinuingContinuing On Author:John Landgraf
“If you think about how broadcast mini-series approach historical events, there is a hagiography. There has been a soft, very glossy idea about history. And one of the things I like about Game of Thrones, for example, is just the grit and the authenticity.” IfsThinkingHas BeensIdeasGamesEventsExampleApproachHistoricalSeriesAuthenticityThronesGritHistorical Events Author:John Landgraf
“There is a privilege in American society to being male and being white, and I think it's hard for white males to understand that privilege, because we've never experienced the opposite. When I sought out mentors to try to move forward, there were white males in virtually every position from which I was seeking mentorship. There was a natural simpatico or natural comfort. And so if you believe that's true, and I believe it's true, then we have to change that. We have to try to equalize opportunity and privilege.” ThinkingTryingBelieveMovingOpportunityI BelieveNaturalComfortMoving ForwardMentorIf You Believe Author:John Landgraf
“It is the pure arrogance of the newly rich and the newly powerful to think content is easy.” ThinkingEasyPowerfulRichPureArrogance Author:John Landgraf
