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.

Probably the biggest challenge is actors, no matter how talented the actor is they don't have the capability of being in more than one place than one particular time, which is very vexing.

I think when you do a season of television you go into it going I'd like the season premiere needs to be amazing. The season finale needs to be amazing.

You can save the city, but having the city be in jeopardy is one thing and having the people you care about be in jeopardy is another.

When I write a film, the film gets handed off to a producer and a director and I go my merry way. With television, I am expected and contracted to stick around and actually produce what I've written.

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

Do what you love and you'll always love what you do. I've found that that's true most of the time.