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.
David E. KelleyThe ideal time for writing a [television] script is four days, though sometimes it has to be two or three days depending on the deadline. If it's two days, sometimes there are things I see that don't work as well. If I have two weeks, the scripts get kind of flabby and lack the adrenaline that a sense of deadline fills you with.
David E. KelleyIn 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.
David E. KelleyI 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.
David E. Kelley