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.

When you start a TV show, you're not necessarily thinking, "Are we setting up what we need for season seven?" You're just trying to stay on the air, and you try to learn your job as you go, and do what you can.

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.

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

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.

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.