http://simonwillison.net/2009-12-22T10:52:47+00:00Simon Willison2009-12-22T10:52:47+00:002009-12-22T10:52:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Dec/22/stories/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n12/htdocs/david-simon-280.php?page=6"><p>But I guess where I was originally going is that nobody wants to write endings in television. They want to sustain the franchise. But if you don't write an ending for a story, you know what you are? You're a hack. You're not a storyteller. It may not be that you have the skills of a hack. You might be a hell of a writer, but you're taking a hack's road. You're on the road to hackdom and there's no stopping you because stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n12/htdocs/david-simon-280.php?page=6">David Simon</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/david-simon">david-simon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/stories">stories</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/thewire">thewire</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tv">tv</a></p>