Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.

If I get an idea for a series that I really like, I'm sure I won't be able to resist coming back and doing it.

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census', and people fall asleep.

As a dramatist, you're looking for points of friction.

My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 9\11, at all until the time felt right but that wasn't an option.

Perhaps something like Facebook couldn't have been invented by somebody who goes out five nights a week and has a ton of friends and makes friends really easily.

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.