I have this amazing team that I trust. I completely go with their decisions on things. I don't have to go in and micromanage everything. And I think the other thing is, you start to sort of... I wouldn't say relax, because I've never relaxed. But I've tried to have more confidence in the things I like, or the things other people like. That's really the big thing in this job, to second-guess yourself all the time.

The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to today’s life.

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.

I think there's a kind of elegance to it, to work within that framework where what you don't see is often more enticing.

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.

All human stories are interesting. You don't put a kid in a show because you need a device. They have a story, too.

Every single word that's on the screen, I oversee. There's nothing that's shot, I'm not involved in. The scripts go through multiple drafts, and I work with the writers on all these things. And I'm extremely involved in the writing process.