I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV.

I love the term "everything is copy," attributed to Nora Ephron, which was my guiding principle as I wrote.

I've been nominated for 12 Emmys, and we won - for 'Top Chef' - the only time I didn't go.

I haven't fully moved over to the iPad. At any given time, I have about four DVDs in my pocket. I'm constantly screening 'Top Chef,' 'Housewives,' and all the other shows we have in development, racing to meet a deadline. So I pretty much bring my laptop everywhere.

In the case of 'The Housewives,' I call the 'Housewives' sociology of the rich. I think it's just fun to watch. It's guilt-free gossiping that you can have. It's like the modern-day soap opera, in my mind.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.

The Internet is for haters. Everyone wants to knock somebody down, but it's cool.