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

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.

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.

You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.

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

In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level, a little bit more likable.

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.