When you go to a movie, it's about what's not being said. I tried to bring that to Greg Sumner. It was always about what's not being said.

There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes.

Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have.

Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.