"You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life. Most TV doesn't do that."

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Source : "Behind The Wire". Interview with Meghan O'Rourke, www.slate.com. December 1, 2006.

David Simon

#Drama Quotes #Ordinary Quotes #Tvs Quotes

“Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.”
“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.”
“We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I never speak ill of dead people or live judges.”
“So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door.”
“Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.”
“I'm really close to my family, and we talk through things. My parents are so amazing, they're brilliant. We try to take one step at a time and be wise about the decisions we make and keep our values and the things that are important.”
“I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.”

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