I don't want my writing to be recognized.

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they cant be avoided.

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'm very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV show.

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.

I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was the kid who grew up in the Midwest where there weren't any art films, and I watched TV. And that was really the medium that affected me and that I fell in love with.

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.