There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually.

I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.

To this day, nothing makes me happier than finding a TV show I really love.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.

I'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to.

I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was the kid who grew up in the Midwest where there weren't any art films, and I watched TV. And that was really the medium that affected me and that I fell in love with.