If something's working, you lean into it. You don't fight it.
Part of walking the line as showrunner is trying to please people and still be true to what you believe creatively.
The writing is what's most important to me.
It's a nightmare of editing. That's what I do all day.
Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way.
I never went after character payments. I'm pretty much terrible at naming characters, so I usually name them after people I know.