For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.
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There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.
I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film, but there's been a shift in term of the quality of scripts. HBO has attracted a tremendous amount of great writing talent.
There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.
You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema.
Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's medium.
TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.
I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used to never cross.
Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
I think television keeps on being a place where writers can go, and if they're successful, they can have their way, and they can have creative freedom.
TV is the place that writers want to be.
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