It's A Combination Of Life Being Unpredictable,

I'm Not Interested In The Difference Between Good And Bad, I'm Interested In The Differences Between Good And Great.

Television From Its Inception Had The Number One Goal To Alienate As Few People As Possible. That's Why If You Look At 1950s, 1960s American Sitcoms, The Characters Don't Live Any Place In Particular, Religion Is Never Discussed, Politics Is Never Discussed, You Never Really Know What Anyone's Job Is; Nothing That Could Make These People Seem Different From You Is Ever Discussed.

I've Never Met Anyone Who Has Said, "my Goal Is To Make America Mediocre." That's A Kind Of Hard-right Conservative Fallacy.

Helen Mirren And Meryl Streep Can Play With The Boys But There Just Aren't That Many Tour-de-force Roles Out There For Women.

I Consider Plot A Necessary Intrusion On What I Really Want To Do, Which Is Write Snappy Dialogue. But When I'm Writing, The Way The Words Sound Is As Important To Me As What They Mean.