I really am a very research-oriented writer.

I have a bad habit, in the shows that I run, of killing off the people that I love.

People love a good mystery; I understand that.

A show is going to be good and fun to work on, if the research is interesting.

We are definitely living in the butterfly effect theory, where any change that is made in the past is going to have a very logical cause-and-effect ramification of the present.

Every so often you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can’t let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer’s room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.

When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.