Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.

You're a writer. Make it up.

I was half asleep but I smiled. In spite of all his irritating qualities, I couldn't help liking a man who despised a fictional character with such passion.

A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.

Everyone knew this was the episode that was going to make or break the season.

Every time something bad happens, like we lose a day because of weather or an actor gets injured or anything else happens, the schedule has to change. It's the most challenging Tetris puzzle.

And I didn't grow up wanting to be a director. I grew up wanting to be a writer, so for me, that was always the goal - to be a novelist, not a screenwriter. And I think, again, if I didn't have the novels, maybe I'd be much more frustrated by not having directed yet.