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

Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series.

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.

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.

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 want my writing to be recognized.

I always think it's better to take your time and go through a lot of ideas - and dismiss a lot of ideas - before figuring out where to land. It's a good way to care for your audience, too. If you spend hours and hours and days and weeks coming up with the ending, then there's a chance the fans won't figure it out on their own.