Burnie Burns Quotes

I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

My focus - even before becoming CEO - has always been memorable and unique content. And one of the most important things we did to reinforce that was create A+E Studios.

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

Even if you are a superstar, you have to give your audience some content. Because there is so much good content out there that people consume today. To sustain this, you have to nurture good content and writers.

We have to find ways to create content that folks want to see.

I think the way I sort of approach it is, you just sort of keep your head down and focus on what you are doing and making shows that people will want to see on Thursday night.

If you're creating an entertainment site, you want the content to be the star.

By creating fantastic content and spending zero time on audience development, you are certain that you will not succeed on YouTube. You have to focus on audience development as much as you focus on creating content.

I believe that there's good content or bad content. You see interviews when somebody interviews a director of a movie that didn't perform well in the box office, and he says, 'The audience didn't understand my movie.' If people didn't go to buy the ticket, then you did the wrong movie.

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.

The question now is can better content be driven solely by more money. I have learned in 26 years that only money cannot give you best content.

I believe in content, and I go accordingly.

When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.

I have a particular taste, I do films according to it and promote it accordingly.

I believe that in today's media landscape, we can create and distribute content on multiple platforms while remaining fresh and relevant.

As a content creator, all you can do is do your best work and then hope that it resonates somehow with an audience.

You can have whatever platform you want, but without great content, you don't have anything.

I'm very big on content. I kind of feel like content is king and will continue to be that, so I'm just going to give the fans what they want.

We're a content company. And if we create the best content, every distributor will want what we have.

You really can create a lot of value by putting content and distribution together, particularly if the content is cable content.

It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.

When I have to promote things now, sometimes I realize that I had a movie in mind, but in the end, it's a vision of somebody else, so I have to promote their idea.

Everyone talks about discovery, but I really believe that great content finds its audience.

People are looking for original content in many different places, as are advertisers. This takes us into a whole new ballgame.