If your ratings are high and there’s money being made, you’re allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

It's so difficult to write good music. It's also really difficult to think about how to do it without violating the sanctity of the fourth wall.

Once upon a time, something happened, and it was better than something not happening. The end.

I guess working in the legitimate industry, the best thing you can take away from it is acceptance of the incompetence that often surrounds you. No, that sounds horrible. The most important thing, I guess, is the fact that working in the legitimate industry, what I see all too often is people trying to interpret the wishes of the audience, which with today's technology, is all too easy to measure empirically.

Always hedge your bets. That's how I do it. I lay all my bets on what I can contribute, and suffer no illusions that I'm generating stuff by myself.

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.

All [tv] shows are like cigarettes. You watch two, you have a higher chance of watching three. They're all addictive.