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| 2 | ->''"You're either you're a writer or you're not a writer. You're either born to write or you're not."'' |
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| 4 | Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American producer, director, and screenwriter, known for creating the TV shows ''[[Series/MagnumPI Magnum, P.I.]]'' (with Glen A. Larson), ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'', ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'', ''Series/QuantumLeap'', ''Series/{{JAG}}'', ''First Monday'' (with Paul Levine), and ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (with Don [=McGill=]). |
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| 6 | Originally from the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, Pennsylvania area. Most of his shows [[AuthorAppeal feature a protagonist]] or other main character who is a current or former member of the American armed forces, usually the Navy or [[SemperFi Marine Corps]]; this is because Bellisario himself [[WriteWhatYouKnow served in the Marines for four years]]. He just so happened to serve with Lee Harvey Oswald at the time, and used that in his work. Creator of the "Series/{{Bellisarioverse}}". |
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| 8 | Also uttered BellisariosMaxim. He is the father of actress Creator/TroianBellisario and the stepfather of Creator/SeanMurray (NCIS's Timothy [=McGee=][[note]]whose sister she played in a cameo[[/note]]). |
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