I'm Very Humble In Terms Of Knowing

There Will Always Be Economic Pressure To Make Hits, Identify Hits, And Then Exploit Hits. And You're Going To Exploit Them With As Many Episodes As You Probably Can.

When You Start A Tv Show, You're Not Necessarily Thinking, "are We Setting Up What We Need For Season Seven?" You're Just Trying To Stay On The Air, And You Try To Learn Your Job As You Go, And Do What You Can.

You Can Make A Good Show, But You Still Need Some Magical Alchemy To Get People To Watch.

Nothing Makes Me Happier Than To Have A Smart Person Tell Me Why The Show Is Smart, Especially If I Didn't Intend That. I Tend To Be A Very Instinctual Writer, And I Don't Plot Shows Out Like, "this Is My Thesis And This Is How I'm Going To Subtly Sneak My Thesis Into This Episode." I Just Approach It From, "we Know These Characters Well, Here Are The Situations That They're In, Now How Would They Behave? What Would The Consequences Be?" And It's Always Fun To See How People Interpret That And Dissect It Afterward, And Make Me And The Other Writers Seem Probably Smarter Than We Really Are.

I Always Think It's Better To Take Your Time And Go Through A Lot Of Ideas - And Dismiss A Lot Of Ideas - Before Figuring Out Where To Land. It's A Good Way To Care For Your Audience, Too. If You Spend Hours And Hours And Days And Weeks Coming Up With The Ending, Then There's A Chance The Fans Won't Figure It Out On Their Own.