As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

I still think of Heaven as a liberal-arts school.

I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.

There are life lessons that can be derived from reality television.

You feel a little weird, as a writer of scripted television for many years, to say you're a fan of reality TV. You feel like a traitor. But I am a total fan.

I do idiosyncratic dramedies.

There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.