The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.

The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.