Barack Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.

I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!"

When I was young and I look at the things that I wrote - I don't think that was the word they used back then, but they had a hipster sensibility. They were a little irreverent.

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree.