That's the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don't need them anymore.

The second episode of any new show can be tough. You have about a week to top the well-crafted and polished pilot episode that was written over six months.

My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!

The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.

I always like a good math solution to any love problem.

I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of new for the viewers and to challenge myself as a writer, so there's always pressure. What else can you come up with?

Every character when born is a stereotype.