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When I Feel That Something I'm Writing Is Going Well, Everything In My Life Is Good And The Things In My Life That Aren't Good Are Completely Manageable. If It's Not Going Well, Miss America Could Be Standing There In A Swimsuit Handing Me A Nobel Price And I Wouldn't Be Happy About It

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.

Honestly, I Don't Try To Guess At What Most People Want. I Don't Think I'd Guess Right, And I Just Think That That's Not A Good Recipe For Storytelling. I Try To Write What I Like, What I Think My Friends Would Like.

Certainly, Last Year We Did An Episode About The Census And Sampling Versus A Direct Statistic. You Just Said The Word 'census', And People Fall Asleep.

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