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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I always think the audience sometimes wants what you're not giving them.