Top 21 Quotes by Steven Bochco

About Steven Bochco

These are some quotes by American author Steven Bochco Producer, who was born on December 16, 1943.

When you look at Mark Zuckerberg and Snapchat and all these twentysomething billionaires, it's really kind of fascinating; a classic tale of the haves and have-nots.

When you look at Mark Zuckerberg and Snapchat and all these twentysomething billionaires, it's really kind of fascinating; a classic tale of the haves and have-nots.

Steven Bochco

I tend not to spend a lot of time looking in the rearview mirror. If you say, 'Oh, I did 'Hill Street Blues' or 'L.A. Law' and everything I do has to measure up to some preconceived notion of that,' it would paralyze you.

Steven Bochco

Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.

Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.

Steven Bochco

The thing that always interests me from a storytelling point of view is how that moment of trauma, whatever the trauma is, even divorce, your dog dies, whatever it is, the consequence, in terms of people's emotional lives and the way it resonates behaviorally for a long time, is really the stuff that interests me.

Steven Bochco

Privately, we always called 'Hill Street' 'Cop Soap.'

Privately, we always called 'Hill Street' 'Cop Soap.'

Steven Bochco

I'd always thought that 'NYPD Blue' really would open those doors. While I think it created a much broader template for cable, I don't think it really did that much for network television.

I'd always thought that 'NYPD Blue' really would open those doors. While I think it created a much broader template for cable, I don't think it really did that much for network television.

Steven Bochco

One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.

One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.

Steven Bochco

Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.

Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.

Steven Bochco

Imagery is like music.

Imagery is like music.

Steven Bochco

Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

Steven Bochco

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