I think that for me, as far as audience expectations and how you manage your anxiety, it helps to keep things in perspective..

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

I stay away from the internet as much as I can. Except for pornography..

TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television..

I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell..

I wanna keep being productive and creative..

If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that it represents a human desire for wrongdoers to be punished. I hate the idea o….

In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television..

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..

I've imparted that philosophy to the writers, but some of them look stuff up while some don't. Same with the editors, directors and actors. To each t….

It's like that old expression: "Men plan and god laughs." You sort of see that in the television world, where you have an idea where things are headi….

It's weird how with a TV show, you don't have just the one ending - you have the many..

The last thing in the world that I would want to know, in my own life, is when I'm going to pass away..

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

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..

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….

Television is a great job for a writer in the way that movies used to be, way before my time. Back when writers in Hollywood were on staff or under c….

Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever..

Whatever it takes to get you where you need to be, there's nothing wrong with the method acting or having to growl and bang your head in a corner and….

What's so great about making television is that it's a collaborative beast. It's created by a great many hands belonging to a great many people..

Endings are the hardest part. I find there's a great relief that at the end of every episode, every hour of TV you produce, while you want a proper a….