The truth is there's so many great TV shows out there now that none of us take absence of awards personally. The most important feedback is the feedback we get from the fans.

It's more important to get the right writer and the right take than it is to do something in a particular timeframe.

We need to empower ourselves and believe in ourselves, and not allow the world to take that away from us. No matter how dark we may think our world is, it's been much darker in the past, and we will make it through this.

I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.

Generally I try to be on set as much as possible, especially during the early part of a season. I read all of the outlines and scripts and look at the auditions and the cuts for my other shows and give notes on all of that. There's a lot to do, but I enjoy nothing more than being on set because that's where the magic happens.