One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.

Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

Imagery is like music.

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.

If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would've done prison time.

One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.

The entertainment world, television, movies, social media, YouTube stuff, we're so bombarded with so much imagery and such a great sense of inhumanity, and there is a coarseness, a coarsening of interaction.