I Don't Want My Writing To Be

You Can Make A Good Show, But You Still Need Some Magical Alchemy To Get People To Watch.

I Still Feel Driven To Try To Make Great Shows And To Make Each Episode Great.

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.

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.

I've Always Read A Lot Of Historical Books And I'm A Big Fan Of Documentaries, And I've Always Thought Of Ways To Do It.