Everybody says, TV is great, the writer has so much power. I'm still trying to convince myself that's … - Matthew Specktor

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Matthew Specktor

Everybody says, TV is great, the writer has so much power. I'm still trying to convince myself that's true. When do the writers ever have power? Ever? They don't. Even in the book industry.

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We go to literature because it shows us some set of humane values. It is showing us how to live.

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There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write well than it is to take out the garbage.

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I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern talking to. Having a child changes things quite a bit.

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I think writers can gain a lot of vitality from being misread.

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Hollywood is famous for breeding monsters, and having worked in the business, I've known a lot of them. But only intermittently have I ever found them monstrous. They have many other qualities.

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