David E. Kelley Quotes
Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it.
But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.
We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.
When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.
In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.
Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.
The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.
When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.
I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the process.
The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.
When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.
