“TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.” StoriesRunningInterestingTelevisionTvsInteresting Stories Author:Vince Gilligan
“Endings are the hardest part. I find there's a great relief that at the end of every episode, every hour of TV you produce, while you want a proper and satisfying ending, it doesn't have to end The Story, in capital letters.” WantEndsStoriesHoursProduceTvsLettersHardestReliefSatisfyingEpisodes Author:Vince Gilligan
“Television is a great job for a writer in the way that movies used to be, way before my time. Back when writers in Hollywood were on staff or under contract at any given studio and you'd write movie scripts and then the movies would get made within a few weeks, such that you could be a working writer in the movie business back in the '30s and '40s and '50s and have a hand in writing five or six movies a year that actually got produced. The only thing remotely like that in the 21st century here in Hollywood is working in the TV business.” WayWritingYearsMadeHandsJobsUsedGivenFiveWeekCenturyTelevisionTvsSixHollywoodScriptsStudiosUsed To BeMy TimeContractsStaff21st CenturyBack WhenGreat JobMovie Business Author:Vince Gilligan
“It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave the audience wanting more.” KindShowsPastCasesAudienceSuccessfulTvsPrimeTv ShowsWanting More Author:Vince Gilligan
“It's weird how with a TV show, you don't have just the one ending - you have the many.” ShowsTvsTv Shows Author:Vince Gilligan