I think horror films always have to be as simple as possible.

I went to NYU undergraduate, then for a Master's in English, and got a summer job at St. Vincent's. I was a ward clerk handling everything in an intensive care unit.

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.

Sharing information with employees makes them feel invested.

If you're going to run a small business, you need to know what everyone is doing, be the first one in and the last one out, and work weekends.

A lot of what I do as a showrunner is anxiety control. People get nervous when they don't know what's going on, so a big part of my job is making sure everyone has all of the information all of the time.

I created a show called 'Crash' for Starz, which was their first original drama, and that was not a good experience. I had a great time working with the cast and crew, but it was a young network and an intrusive studio, and to be honest I didn't really enjoy the movie 'Crash.