The designer [...] has a passion for doing something that fits somebody's needs, but that is not just a simple fix. The designer has a dream that goes beyond what exists, rather than fixing what exists. [...] The designer wants to create a solution that fits in a deeper situational or social sense.

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

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

It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.

You learn more when things go wrong.

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

In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.