Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.

To use a basketball metaphor, West Wing cast was a group that liked to pass as much as they liked to shoot.

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.

Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age

Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren't that many tour-de-force roles out there for women.

Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.