At first we didn't have a lot of access to New York City, but very quickly, I think people recognized if you were on the show that was a good thing. We always saw the show as a love letter to New York City.

I am the kind of person that takes everything as is and then look at it from the outside looking in.

We have some of the most passionate, vocal fans in the history of television.

Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California.

I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.

Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can.

I want every character be an outsider in some way.