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.

I never went after character payments. I'm pretty much terrible at naming characters, so I usually name them after people I know.

When you're on a staff, it's not your job to write what you think is funny. It's your job to write what the person who created the show thinks is funny.

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

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

Until I created my own shows, I had nothing but bad experiences on staffs.

The writing is what's most important to me.