There are the relationships you make. All of the friends I made in grad school are the closest ones that I have.

Horror allowed me to quickly switch gears.

If someone already knows you from being in the trenches with you on this TV schedules, and then you have a little bit more time, it's a treat for them, as well, because they can give you more.

Ryan Murphy just gives new people a shot, and it takes a lot of confidence and generosity to do that.

It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.

Being exposed to the Ryan Murphy machine, it is very much a personal extension of him. So, if I can learn from that and tell longer stories that are quite personal, and balance that out with features, then that would be the ultimate dream.

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.