This Is A Time For Serious People,

Larry David Called Me And Said, "you Can Never Watch The West Wing Again. Either The Show Is Going To Be Great Without You And You're Going To Be Miserable, Or The Show Is Going To Be Less Than Great Without You And You're Going To Be Miserable." So I Had Them Send A Tape Of The First Episode That I Didn't Do. I Put It In The Vcr And I Don't Think I Got 15 Seconds In Before I Leapt Up And Slammed It Off! It Felt Like I Was Watching Somebody Make Out With My Girlfriend. I've Never Seen A West Wing Episode In Seasons Five, Six Or Seven.

There's A Great Tradition In Storytelling That's Thousands Of Years Old, Telling Stories About Kings And Their Palaces, And That's Really What I Wanted To Do.

That's A Very Real Feeling - That I Don't Have A Story To Tell. I'm Not A Pure Storyteller. I Have A Tough Time With Story.

I Think That If I Couldn't Write, I Would Be Unemployable.

If I Get An Idea For A Series That I Really Like, I'm Sure I Won't Be Able To Resist Coming Back And Doing It.