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

The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.

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.

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.

I don't ever want to have a weak episode of television with my name on it.

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.

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.