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?

I think I would love a shot at remaking 'The Philadelphia Story,' as daunting as it is. I still think it's fantastic. I love the '30s comedies because they're allowed to be both comic and elegant, and the women are so complicated in them.

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!

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

I'm happiest in an empty church. I love the smell of a church.

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.

I don't wear a watch. How do I know my time? I find that someone will always tell me.