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.

I hardly see myself as a futurist.

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 would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

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.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits.