You've gotta have a path [in your life]. And then, within that path, you have to be flexible. When things aren't working, you've gotta cut bait and find something else, but if you don't have a path, you're just dead.

It helps, if you've directed, to be able to write a script that is director-friendly. You're really telling them [directors], "This is how it works on this show." It takes some of the guesswork out of it.

I don't believe in crowd funders. I don't believe the fans should be paying for their own things.

I grew up where my parents would literally shove me in the car rather than have to say hello to a neighbor.

It's tough to get any film made, even if you're Martin Scorsese. It's just hard to get films made.

I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy in with my drama.

I grew up in the Valley, and I didn't know any of our neighbors. I think when you grow up like that, there's always sort of a fantasy of a place where everybody knew each other, and you had that safe sort of feeling.