I Still Feel Driven To

In Order To Appeal To A Wider Audience On Network In Order To Survive, Generally Your Characters Need To Be, At A Base Level, A Little Bit More Likable.

I Think The Bar Is Higher These Days In Terms Of Audience Expectations Of Authenticity.

Nothing Makes Me Happier Than To Have A Smart Person Tell Me Why The Show Is Smart, Especially If I Didn't Intend That. I Tend To Be A Very Instinctual Writer, And I Don't Plot Shows Out Like, "this Is My Thesis And This Is How I'm Going To Subtly Sneak My Thesis Into This Episode." I Just Approach It From, "we Know These Characters Well, Here Are The Situations That They're In, Now How Would They Behave? What Would The Consequences Be?" And It's Always Fun To See How People Interpret That And Dissect It Afterward, And Make Me And The Other Writers Seem Probably Smarter Than We Really Are.

I Don't Want My Writing To Be So Unique That When You Apply It To Different Genres, It Seems Like The Previous Show That People Know You From.

There Will Always Be Economic Pressure To Make Hits, Identify Hits, And Then Exploit Hits. And You're Going To Exploit Them With As Many Episodes As You Probably Can.