If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.

The primary reason people watch television is you want to see the world through somebody else's eyes, and learn what that's like. You can only live one life, and so you get to see other lives through these characters.

I think a pilot is a pilot, no matter who's judging it, but I will say I am thinking a lot about how to tell stories for the series in a streaming environment where you can anticipate a huge portion of the audience will consume an entire season in the course of a day, two days or a week.

If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories.

I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards.