Using a certain sort of message can attract people to that message, and that creates power that you can either use responsibly or not.

As writers, we're always trying to connect with the audience on a visceral level. We usually do that through drama, through emotion or through humor.

There was a period of cinema, in the mid-90's, that I was a huge fan of, with Heat and Seven, and the Tarantino era. If I've ever been fanatical, it was about those films.

I can't say that I have ever been fanatical about a show. To be honest, I'm not a big TV watcher.

Using a certain sort of message can attract people to that message, and that creates power that you can either use responsibly or not.

The notion of making the television - the very thing that we allow into our living room and our kid's bedroom - something that's potentially dangerous, to me, is just so incredibly delicious that I can't tell you.