I sometimes find reality far more fantastical and unlikely than what I could just make up.

The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.

On most TV shows, you work on a set and do some location.

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.

Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.

A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.

For me, there's nothing sexier than a woman who can argue me into the ground and outsmart me...a woman who knows her own mind and isn't afraid to speak it.