Just To Clarify The Division Of Labor

I Don't Have Personal Experience And Knowledge About Anything But Theater. I've Been Tutored Very Well On The Subject, But Ultimately I'm Going Back To The Rules Of Drama. There Are Genres That I Like As An Audience Member That I Can't Write As A Writer. I Can't Write Crime, And I Like A Good Thriller As Much As Anybody.

I Think It's Up To Writers To Write Stuff That Is Compelling Enough That People Want To Watch.

I Wrote The Show West Wing For The Two Years Before And The Two Years After 9/11. Suddenly Everyone In The World Had Been Through Something That Our Characters Had Not Been Through; The Whole Trajectory Of The World Had Changed. Yet Our Show Took Place In A Parallel Universe. I Wasn't Really Sure What To Do About This. In No One's Wildest Dreams Did It Occur That An Event Like This Could Possibly Happen.

The Real Problem With All Drugs Is That They Work. Fantastically. They're Great, Right Up Until The Moment They Kill You.

Socializing On The Internet Is To Socializing What Reality Tv Is To Reality.