It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

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.

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

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.'

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

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.