Boiled Down To Its Core, The Truth

The Trick To Making A Story Matter Is That Every Now And Then, Somebody You Care About Has To Go. If It's Somebody That You Don't Care About, Then It Doesn't Really Have - The Stakes Aren't There. But If You Do That Every Now And Then, Then The Story Matters To People. And There Are Actual Stakes Involved, Emotional Stakes.

People From Here Will Often Say, "i'm Not From The United States, I'm From New Orleans."

You Can't Make A Good Show Based On Pure Verisimilitude, Pure Anti-drama. But You Have To Acknowledge A Lot Of Ordinary Life. Most Tv Doesn't Do That.

On A Practical Level I'm A Tv Producer And Storyteller Who's Gone About As Long As You Can Go Without Achieving A Mass Audience.

I'm Just A Swell Guy. No, That's A Ridiculous Notion - If You're Being An Asshole To People, You're Being An Asshole, That's All There Is To It. It Can't Be Rationalized Because You Wrote Something Worthwhile. First Obligation Is To Other People.