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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.