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

I hardly see myself as a futurist.

It's show business. No show, no business.

The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.

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.

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

There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.