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

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

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

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

There are other options out there, after all, like read a book, go on the Internet, rent a movie.

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