I love cable, but not because you can show boobies and say the F-word. I love it because you have more time to think. That's the blessing of it.

Having certain limits - not too many, but certain limits on an ability to tell a story - makes us work harder, me and my writers. Sometimes I watch a giant movie with a $250 million budget and I think they feel kind of bloated, and that if they'd been leaner and meaner they might've had better storytelling.

People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.

I'm not a big internet guy - not because I'm not interested in what people have to say, but probably because I'm too interested.

[Making meth] is a complex process. The truth of it is that we live in a post-Google world where you can find six recipes for meth in 30 seconds on a search engine.

It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave the audience wanting more.

If you’re too rigid in your thinking you may miss some wonderful opportunities for storytelling.