The First Step In Solving Any Problem

There Are Television Critics, Movie Critics, And Theater Critics Too Who I Like And Who I Follow And I Get Genuinely Bummed When They Don't Like Something That I've Written Because I Usually Agree With Them.

I Got Into Dialogue Because My Parents Began Taking Me To See Plays From When I Was Very Young. Too Young, Often, To Understand The Play I Was Watching: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf When I Was Nine Years Old; That Championship Season When I Was Ten Years Old. But I Loved The Sound Of Dialogue; It Sounded Like Music To Me And I Wanted To Imitate That Sound.

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

If You Close Your Eyes You Can Imagine The Hackers Sitting In A Room, Combing Through The Documents To Find The Ones That Will Draw The Most Blood. And In A Room Next Door Are American Journalists Doing The Same Thing. As Demented And Criminal As It Is, At Least The Hackers Are Doing It For A Cause. The Press Is Doing It For A Nickel.

Just To Clarify The Division Of Labor On The Show, I Write The Show And Alan [poul] Does Everything Else.