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.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

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.

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.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

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

I hardly see myself as a futurist.