You look at who’s actually created shows for FX that have succeeded, and there are a lot of first-time showrunners – Ryan Murphy, Denis Leary, Louis C.K., the ‘It’s Always Sunny’ creators, Kurt Sutter, Joe Weisberg, Pamela Adlon, Donald Glover. John Landgraf Read Quote
All the world’s combined knowledge is at our fingertips. But the same technology that makes this possible is robbing us of deeper insight. John Landgraf Read Quote
Was there ever anyone more ill-suited for being the showman of the year than me? John Landgraf Read Quote
Even good shows can fail to find an audience because they’re drowned out by the noise and the sheer volume of everything that is being made. It’s one of the downsides of there being, as I’ve argued, too many shows. John Landgraf Read Quote
Information technology and the Internet are rapidly transforming almost every aspect of our lives – some for better, some for worse. John Landgraf Read Quote
I don’t want artists to find themselves in a situation where there are only two buyers. That just doesn’t seem like a good outcome. John Landgraf Read Quote
You can’t be in a certain business and not sell to Amazon or not sell to Wal-Mart. You have to reckon with them, because even though there are other buyers, they’re the only buyers that matter. John Landgraf Read Quote
Two things happen when you’re fearful. First, you make seemingly rational decisions that are actually hedges. Or second, you fail to do something because you worry about the consequences. John Landgraf Read Quote
I’m not interested in world domination. I’m interested in running a nice little brand that takes care of its own and does really good work. John Landgraf Read Quote
Television shows are not like cars or operating systems, and they are not best made by engineers or coders in the same assembly line manner as consumer products which need to be of uniform size, shape, and quality. John Landgraf Read Quote
