I Still Feel Driven To Try To

I Don't Ever Want To Have A Weak Episode Of Television With My Name On It.

When You Start A Tv Show, You're Not Necessarily Thinking, "are We Setting Up What We Need For Season Seven?" You're Just Trying To Stay On The Air, And You Try To Learn Your Job As You Go, And Do What You Can.

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 Was Never That Kid Who Grew Up In New York And Was Always At The Arthouse Watching Important Films. I Was The Kid Who Grew Up In The Midwest Where There Weren't Any Art Films, And I Watched Tv. And That Was Really The Medium That Affected Me And That I Fell In Love With.

There Are Story-room Sessions Where You Think About The Big Picture, Like A Novel, But Once You Have Certain Things In Place, You Have To Treat Each Episode Like An Hour Of Tv, And Think That Maybe This Will Be The Only Episode That Anyone Will Ever Watch. You Want To Have Some Sort Of Beginning, Middle, And End To The Episode, Even If You Have Storylines That Are Carrying Over. You Still Want It To Feel Like A Cohesive Hour Of Entertainment. And You Can't Think About Both At The Same Time.