You learn more when things go wrong.

The way I personally work is I like to write what I know, what I feel, and also where I am.

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

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.

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

We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.

People are out of their home on a Saturday night or they're at the movies or they're at dinner and a lot of the people who flip on the television are doing just that. They may have never seen your show before and you can't count on to your audience to be there week in and week out.