I've never really told jokes. I'm not good at it.

I don't think I could write a straight drama.

My court skills may have atrophied.

I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the process.

But Steven Bochco was smart; he knew that viewers were smart.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.

If you interview people or friends who work with me, they would say I'm private or internal or don't emote a lot. Yet I do it every day for 10 million people. I just don't do it for the 30 people I'm in the room with.