There is a place for visionaries and the avant-garde in this world, but not at 9 o'clock on a network.

You can't be someone you're not on TV. You can in movies, but not on TV because you can't hide.

One of the advantages of series TV is that you can change your mind and plan things as you go.

The great thing about Gotham is it encompasses so many different worlds.

It's easy to leave people wanting more after the first episode, but it's hard to leave people wanting more after the 24th episode. And it's my job, more than anybody else's, to keep that in mind. One season, in TV terms, is nothing. You need to hit it for three or four seasons, and then you're doing well, in TV terms. Then, you've done your job.

There is a place for visionaries and the avant-garde in this world, but not at 9 o'clock on a network.

You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.