One of the great things about TV is the story to tell can be very internal and really character-based.

Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'

Violence has not really been an issue. Even in my wildest hopes, I wasn't trying to get violence in.

I could vomit, right this moment. I literally could vomit on cue. Yes. Here's the truth of that. We didn't have a big audience, obviously, when we made the show. Very early on, we made a decision that we were going to try to give the fans and the people that were loyal to us something that they felt was special.

At the time, I used to say, "We should market this like Everybody Loves Raymond. It's just a guy dealing with his family." Instead, it was irresistible to show all these funny people. So, I actually think this could be more inviting to a new audience because they can just watch one character, find out what's going on in his life, and then meet another character and find out what's going on in her life, and then see how it intersects the other one.

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

Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only because they need you. If they didn't have to treat you with respect, they would be happy to dismiss you.