But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.

I think the law changes, which is a nice luxury.

When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.

Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it.

So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.

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.