The older I get, the more fun it is to write young people. It's just a holiday from what is becoming old age, really.

I adore doing classic adaptations, but I also feel their frustrations and their limitations.

I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.

The older I get, the more fun it is to write young people. It's just a holiday from what is becoming old age, really.

Plan for each episode to be a satisfying experience, but still leave the audience thinking, 'Oh, my God! Now what?

I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew has written," and I thought, "Maybe I could be a writer."

The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.