One of the biggest challenges in the past for me in working on the networks was that audiences have grown accustomed to television being something that keeps you company-background music, something that you have on while you're flipping through a magazine, cooking dinner, talking on the phone, putting the kids to bed.

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

That's a very real feeling - that I don't have a story to tell. I'm not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story.

Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose.

The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet.

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.