I came to accept in myself a long time ago that I really do like writing articulate sociopaths.

One of the things that I have always been interested in is the actual experience of people in their lives as opposed to what we think their experience should be.

The idea of the writer/producer in television is much younger than people think it is.

I think it's satisfying for people to feel that that relationship is reciprocal in some way. The truth is, you do have a relationship with your fans, and there is a feedback loop there. And while you have to be careful not to write a show just for the superfans, that kind of feedback is really valuable.

I'm always looking for what's something that Bradley Whitford's character can say that is completely outrageous and completely wrong, but in a double-reverse way is actually totally right. I don't really like where there's a story and you lay a few jokes on top of it.

Obviously, everybody's favorite form of web content is more story with principal actors. But the economics of the web do not yet support.

I really like transgressive characters that have an alternate world view. I've actually written a fair number of kids movies, and I'll insert these kid-friendly articulate sociopaths who are usually yelling at the children for their own benefit.