And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

I've known John Landgraf for 20 years. He said it perfectly. People will ask if I've seen X. My response has often been, 'Seen it? I've never heard of it.'

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

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