You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.

I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to do it.

Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I can.

You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.

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 don't want my writing to be recognized.