The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.

When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.

When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the process.

But Steven Bochco was smart; he knew that viewers were smart.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.