The ideal time for writing a [television] script is four days, though sometimes it has to be two or three days depending on the deadline. If it's two days, sometimes there are things I see that don't work as well. If I have two weeks, the scripts get kind of flabby and lack the adrenaline that a sense of deadline fills you with.

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

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.

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.

The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

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.