If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.'

If you’re going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.

Traffic heading south through Manhattan was horrible, even with NYPD motorcycle escorts. The gridlock was such that there was nowhere for them to go. Nothing to do but wait for the clots to work themselves through.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it’s also disingenuous to say, ‘We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.’

I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don’t go out on strike because then there’s no work and no potential of work.

These men represent the blend of state-of-the-art technology and shrewd old-school intelligence that makes our city as safe as anyplace on the planet.

I don’t think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

I think most people don’t react well to being screamed at. It’s counterproductive.

And the consumer doesn’t care. They don’t watch networks, they watch TV shows.

This was a war waged by damaged individuals, making victims of the innocent. Trying to be the catcher in the rye, as Fisk had, was insanity. Then again, despite the Sisyphean aspect of the job, somebody had to do it. Or at least try.