I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

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

[My] dream writers room: "'Naked City.' Because it still holds up as the absolutely quintessential New York pure cop procedural."

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

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

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

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