I've worked in network and cable on and off for a number of years, and you just understand what your parameters are. A lot of times, I think the best work that my team has come up with comes from having to deal with certain boundaries.

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.

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

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

Working as a showrunner has made it tougher to watch other shows and movies.

I've worked in network and cable on and off for a number of years, and you just understand what your parameters are. A lot of times, I think the best work that my team has come up with comes from having to deal with certain boundaries.

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.