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.

I don't want my writing to be recognized.

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

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

There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can.