I love doing meta-humor, as long as it doesn't become too distracting and it's subtle.

When I first started writing, I had a very difficult time switching between projects, but now it's not only second-nature, it's indispensable: If I stall on one project, I can switch to another and stay productive.

In part, it's so difficult to come up with something original, to come up with a character nowadays. If you created a globetrotting adventurer, he'd be compared to Indiana Jones. If you created a super spy, he'd be compared to James Bond.

I think when it comes to television as opposed to film, the producers really are the writers. We work with people who are purely financial producers.

Your subconscious is always working in the background, unlocking things and solving problems.

The guy who sits at the keyboard and types is so much smarter than I am. I think I got into writing so that I could spend as much time with that guy as possible.

Time away from thinking about something is as valuable - perhaps even more so - than directly thinking about it.