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

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.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.

A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.

I'm not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there's going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what's going to happen. I would be so bored if that was the case. There would be no journey. There would be nothing to discover.