There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.

The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.

You have to just look at it like Titanic: I know the ship sinks, but this is a love story

TV tends to be like, if you're lucky, it's like Las Vegas. You can't get out. There's always another pitch meeting. They keep you on the casino floor. If I'm unlucky, if I'm lucky enough to be unlucky, I would love to write a movie.

Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.

I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.

I grew up on network sitcoms. If those are gone when I'm 65 years old, I would never forgive myself for not stepping up to that plate, as often as possible. I'm already bummed out that DVDs are dying off because, in my 20s, those were a huge thing.