If I'm Going To Fail, Let Me

Generally I Try To Be On Set As Much As Possible, Especially During The Early Part Of A Season. I Read All Of The Outlines And Scripts And Look At The Auditions And The Cuts For My Other Shows And Give Notes On All Of That. There's A Lot To Do, But I Enjoy Nothing More Than Being On Set Because That's Where The Magic Happens.

I Think That Comic Followers Are Always Waiting For Key Iconic Moments.

A Key Ingredient To Success, I Learned, Is Relying On Not Only The Kindness Of Strangers, But The Kindness Of Colleagues.

I Think There Is Nothing That Can Replace Your Emotional Response. The Biggest Mistakes I Have Ever Made In My Life Are When People Told Me, "you Really Should Produce This. It's A Guaranteed Hit." I Would Read The Material And I Would Go, "i Don't Get It, But Okay, I'll Produce It." You're Giving Up That Much Of Your Life, Your Time With Family And Friends, To Something That You're Not Really Committed To - And They Did Not Pan Out The Way Everyone Said They Would, Even Though I Worked Just As Hard.

I Think That We Can Learn So Much If We Pay Attention To Our Dreams, Whether When We Are Asleep Or In Waking Dreams. There Are Connections That Are Absolutely Incredible.