David E. Kelley Writing Quotations

When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.

I don't think I could write a straight drama.

So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.

The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.

The 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.