You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it and skip through the ads, because the culture of advertising is so false and phony that I just... ugh, you know?

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.

Never underestimate the power of denial.

I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for me. I don't have as strong a backbone as those other show writers.