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

When it is perceived that a show has gone awry, the pressure is staggering, and as a writer caught in that storm, it feels like you are being attacked by jackals.

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

Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience.

Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.

Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don't know what you'll like, but you recognize it when you see it.

You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.