Mary Roach Quotes

I just like to go where the material is, whether that's TV, or movies, or the stage. As long as it's great writing, it's pretty much something I can't resist.

Time Inc. has amazing titles - really great content.

There is always more demand for great content then there will be great content to satisfy it.

My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.

I think the one thing about me is I'm a fairly demanding guy, and I give a great deal of myself, and I expect that in return.

When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.

There's a lot of great stuff on TV.

I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.

One of the great joys of launching your idea on the web is that it's a meritocracy. The good stuff will rise to the top and find an audience, and you don't have to impress one idiosyncratic commissioning editor.

Sometimes, when the material is really good, you put expectations on yourself to make it the best possible show. You're not just serving up the regular hash and doing your job and going home.

You could have the biggest screen, you could have the clearest screen. But if there is not great content on this thing, that big-screen TV is not a huge value to you, even though it has the best picture on the planet.

I don't want every fan; I'm interested in fans interested in quality work, authentic archetype depictions.

Provide good content and you’ll earn the right to promote your product.

You have to treat every hour of television you're given like a $100 million movie, and with 'A.D.,' we stepped it up even a stage further.

I believe that the demand for long-form quality journalism is strong and I think that despite all of the changes in technology over the past few years, people still want in-depth, rigorous reporting.

If I find great material, or a great character, or a great director that wants to do something on TV, or whether it's in film, or whatever it is, man - as long as it's good, and on the level, I'm open to it.

It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.

If you expect greatness, greatness shouldn't surprise you.

I'm a perfectionist, so doing a high quality, high caliber television show with great actors makes me feel like there's this whole world of television that I've never experienced.

I'm with someone who's got very high standards, and he doesn't tolerate all these ridiculous vices very easily. That's not reason enough to marry someone, although people have gotten married for less.

I think that's pretty crucial for it to succeed and be something more than just something you put your kid in front of and turn on the DVD. We wouldn't have got involved if it were just for little kids. We wanted to write something that works on both levels.

Dear Young People, do not be mediocre; the Christian life challenges us with great ideals!

Pornography works to a degree, high quality works, bad is obvious. Nobody goes for bad. The terrible middle ground is the mediocre. That was kind of the essence, in a way, of broadcast television when there were only three channels.

I'm probably my biggest critic. There's nothing anyone can ask of me that I haven't already asked of myself.