By engaging someone for five minutes, you can make them a lifelong fan.

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.

Part of walking the line as showrunner is trying to please people and still be true to what you believe creatively.

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.

It's a nightmare of editing. That's what I do all day.

The writing is what's most important to me.

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