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 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 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.

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

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 consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

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