Stephen J. Cannell quotes

I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling... I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not, I just did it. (Stephen J. Cannell)

A lot of making TV is lightening in a bottle.

Stephen J. Cannell

The character's attitude is more important than plot.

Stephen J. Cannell

Failure in school does not mean failure in Iife.

Stephen J. Cannell

So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.

Stephen J. Cannell

Once you put something like 'The A-Team' on the map, it does become part of the DNA of television. People grab little pieces of it. I certainly grabbed little pieces of other people's shows when I was creating my shows.

Stephen J. Cannell

I've been very successful at selling my things, but I've also been getting up at 4 in the morning for 40 years.

Stephen J. Cannell

I really hesitate to say that any of my shows influenced other writers.

Stephen J. Cannell

I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing it. Then I just sit down and I start. I hit the go button. I have an outline, which is 70 pages, but I don't look at it. I never have to look at it.

Stephen J. Cannell

I can write a book in probably three months.

Stephen J. Cannell