If we based everything in Hollywood on who was a nice guy, holy moly, we would have no movies. No actors would work. This is not an industry that is ruled by kindness and generosity.

I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.

I think music on television is just uniformly dreadful. It is mundane, it says nothing.

To me, crazy is not someone who has a creative vision and will fight for it.

I grew up where my parents would literally shove me in the car rather than have to say hello to a neighbor.

Every pilot I've ever written, I've fallen deeply and madly in love with. It's the only way I work.