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.

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

I never thought of myself as a writer.

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

You learn more when things go wrong.

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.

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