I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

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

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.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks.

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

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