In a landscape where a 2.8 [demo rating] keeps you on the air, you can maintain that just by treating your fans with respect.

One of the things I'm proud of is my ability to change directions if something's not working.

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.

I am done with the hour-long [true crime] shows: "She was a happy married wife. Everything was perfect. Until the trip to Aruba."

In a landscape where a 2.8 [demo rating] keeps you on the air, you can maintain that just by treating your fans with respect.

With showrunning, the more successful you get, the more you're pulled away from the writing.