I have this identity for myself as a writer and the only thing that can happen is that I chip away from it.

The TV industry works in this crazy system where everybody's trying to get the same actors at the same time.

I think it's a big part of being a creative person.

It's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about how you are going to express what you do and what's special about you. I would say in general, a lot of times the answer is that you just dive into something and you find your own voice through that process.

The form came out of the function because it is for the audience that already knows the show, while hoping to get a new audience, too.

I think of there being two conditions that creative people go through. I think it's fear and curiosity.

I've never had a working relationship like I have with them. I developed a lot of the design of this show with them. That conversation was about, "What are your needs? What are you looking for? Will this work for you guys? Will a show work where you've got one episode per character?" They really were a creative partner.