Cheers was one of the first shows where I paid attention to the writers because their [work] was better than everything else I was watching. The writers weren't afraid to let a joke fall slightly flat if it advanced the characters.

One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways.

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

I'm very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV show.

TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much.

Obviously there are different standards and practices that are allowed on cable versus network. You just have to embrace what your network is going to allow.

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they cant be avoided.