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.

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

But Steven Bochco was smart; he knew that viewers were smart.

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

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

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

I never thought of myself as a writer.