David E. Kelley

“You learn more when things go wrong.”

“It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.”

“One of the most fundamental questions people have about defense attorneys is, 'How can you do that? How can you go to bat everyday for a person that you may not know is guilty but you have a pretty good idea that he's not so innocent?' It's a question that defense attorneys answer for themselves by not addressing.”

“I 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.”

“I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it.”

“When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.”