People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.

The only episode which was completely my idea was for Mitch Pileggi, the actor who portrays Skinner, the Assistant Director of the FBI. He appears often in the series, but only for a few scenes. You know virtually nothing about him. I wanted him to have an episode that was his alone, so I wrote Avatar for him. He even has a scene that's pretty . . . hot [knowing smile]. He was very happy.

People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.

I'm inspired as a writer by any place where I've lived for a significant amount of time that have memories, my past, and stories attached to them, and that's really New York and L.A. Any place where there's ghosts are inspiring.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

Dogs are the broccaflower of the animal kingdom.