When You Start A Show, The Plans

It's Hard To Make A Lot Of Pop Culture References Where There's No Pop Culture.

If I Had A Worldview, And I Don't Know If I Do, But If I Did, It's One That's Intensely Humanistic. [that Worldview] Is That The Only Thing That Matters Is Family And Personal Connection, And That's The Only Thing That Gives Life Meaning. Religion And Gods And Beliefs - For Me, It All Comes Down To Your Brother. And Your Brother Might Be The Brother In Your Family, Or It Might Be The Guy Next To You In The Foxhole, It's About Human Connections.

In Tv And Movies, You Kill Yourself Spending All This Time To Think Up The Symbolism Or What If That Deer That Runs Across Your Hero's Path Somehow Conveys What's Going On Inside Your Hero's Head? When A Lot Of Times, You Just Want To Hear What He's Thinking.

People Pitch Me The Crazy Mystery Mind-blowing Thing All The Time. My Response Is, 'great, But How Do The Characters Feel About It, And How Do We Reveal New Facets And New Dimensions Of Who They Are?'

What I Think Networks Do So Well Are Big, Fun, Accessible, Invite Everybody Into The Tent Kinds Of Storytelling, Akin To An Early Spielberg Movie Or A Michael Crichton Novel. That's Not To Say That There Aren't Scary Parts 'cause There Are, And That There Aren't Sexy Parts And Edgy Parts, Just Like Early Spielberg Would Have, But There's A Lot Of Heart, A Lot Of Emotion And Complicated Characters.