“In the pressure cooker of a TV show, it’s a little bit of a witches’ brew. I completely think I’m capable of being crazy. I probably was crazy when I was doing 'The Simpsons'.” ThinkingLittlesShowsBitsCrazyTvsLittle BitCapablePressureWitchTv ShowsBeing CrazyCookers Author:Sam Simon
“There's always some pressure to achieve something. You make a pilot, but you don't know if you're going to get a show. And then, you make a show, but you don't know if people are going to watch. And then, people watch, but you don't know if enough people are watching.” PeopleIfsKnowsEnoughShowsWatchesAchievePressurePilots Author:Charles Halford
“We have received no single argument in favour of this document except political pressure. No link has been established between carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. No other objective facts have been presented in recent time. The IPCC's reports in 1990 and 1995 show it clearly.” Has BeensFactsShowsPoliticalArgumentPressureClimateClimate ChangeObjectivesReportsLinksDocumentsCarbonFavourEmissionsCarbon DioxideKyotoKyoto ProtocolCarbon Dioxide Emissions Author:Andrey Illarionov
“The economics of television syndication and DVD sales mean that there's a tremendous financial pressure to make programs that can be watched multiple times, revealing new nuances and shadings on the third viewing. Meanwhile, the Web has created a forum for annotation and commentary that allows more complicated shows to prosper, thanks to the fan sites where each episode of shows like 'Lost' or 'Alias' is dissected with an intensity usually reserved for Talmud scholars.” MeanShowsLostFansTelevisionProgramEconomicsThirdsPressureFinancialComplicatedThanksIntensityScholarEpisodesMultipleSiteRevealingReservedCommentaryNuanceDvdsForumsAliasesAnnotationFinancial Pressure Author:Steven Johnson
“Cable series have more time to focus on characters, and a structure that allows for a development in character as you go along. Network shows have a pressure of time and space that is completely different.” DifferentCharacterShowsSpaceFocusDevelopmentPressureStructureSeriesMore TimeTime And SpaceCables Author:James Frain
“It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger.” MenWellsReasonShowsFeelingsMightImpossibleUnderstoodArgumentPressureFingersSpreadResistanceEnthusiasmDistinctionEndeavorCombatElude Book:The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces