Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen Joseph Cannell /ˈkænəl/was an American television producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor, and the founder of Cannell Entertainmentand the Cannell Studios...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth5 February 1941
CountryUnited States of America
finally hardly hit matured mind sit
I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing it. Then I just sit down and I start. I hit the go button. I have an outline, which is 70 pages, but I don't look at it. I never have to look at it.
morning
I've been very successful at selling my things, but I've also been getting up at 4 in the morning for 40 years.
dad design four furniture tv
My dad was an interior design and furniture person. I started working with him for four years before my first TV writing break.
fairly good happened people shows starts ten trying
Everyone starts out desperately trying to make a hit, but some people are just more mistake-prone than others. I happened to be fairly mistake-prone. Of the 40 shows I made, I'd say ten were hits, which is a pretty good average.
fastest generally guy people
I'm generally a very happy guy because I'm doing what I want. I'm willing to tell you that there are people who are much better than I am in writing. I don't have to be the fastest gun in the West.