I think to the extent you die with money in the bank, you've miscalculated. Gary David Goldberg More Quotes by Gary David Goldberg More Quotes From Gary David Goldberg It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody’s contribution is important. Gary David Goldberg team winning people A good team, like a good show, comes into being when the separate individuals working together create, in essence, another separate higher entity - the team - the show - which is better than any of those individuals can ever be on their own. Gary David Goldberg team working-together essence At the end of the seven years, 'Family Ties' voluntarily went off the air. And, we went off as the #1 show on TV that week. We cut down the nets on stage 24 and moved on with the rest of our lives. Always to carry with us the blessing of what we had gone through together. Gary David Goldberg cutting blessing air My father worked in the Post Office. A lot of double shifts. All his friends were in the same situation - truck drivers, taxi cab drivers, grocery clerks. Blue collar guys punching the clock and working long, hard hours. The thought that sustained them was the one at the center of the American dream. Gary David Goldberg friends blue long father In 1998, I received treatment for my knee by an Israeli therapist. We spoke about Israel and I mentioned 'Scooterman' and he just froze. It was like he had met Elvis. I thought he was kidding me and then he called his brother, they yelled to each other over the phone, and then I believed him. Gary David Goldberg phone thought me brother It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer. Gary David Goldberg encouraged writer who me I was a guy who showed up for work and took the chance for finding out whether I could do it or not... I'd like to think I made my success not at the expense of anyone. Success was accidental. Gary David Goldberg think chance work success Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time. Gary David Goldberg best always time television A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, you're still going to get through the day. But it doesn't make you a happy person if you weren't a happy person before. Gary David Goldberg day you car money I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy. Gary David Goldberg movies good sleep night I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday. Gary David Goldberg family change monday night You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States. Gary David Goldberg day you angry music 'Family Ties' was a very successful situation comedy. And, in almost every respect, it functioned on a day to day basis like a well-run, well conditioned basketball team. The show was performed live each week in front of a studio audience on Friday night. Gary David Goldberg day respect family night
