I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.

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.

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 never thought of myself as a writer.

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.

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

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