People pitch me the crazy mystery mind-blowing thing all the time. My response is, 'Great, but how do the characters feel about it, and how do we reveal new facets and new dimensions of who they are?'
I'm kind of a comic book geek, but I'm not really a super hero comic book geek.
I have a bad habit, in the shows that I run, of killing off the people that I love.
Kids aint supposed to be grateful! They're supposed to eat your food, break your heart.
Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.
When you do 22 episodes of a network show, it's incredibly useful to have a format that gives you a jumping-off point for a story.