Our fear leads us to say no all the time.
In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.
So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.
But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.
I don't think I could write a straight drama.
You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesn't mean you can't provoke them and antagonize them and challenge them in the course of the entertainment as long as you keep the entertainment part of the equation alive.
I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.
Since time immemorial it had been the custom before a sea battle for the men to wash and don clean clothes in case of being wounded. This was all the more necessary under these circumstances, as many of them were still covered with coal dust.
We must ensure that every worker has healthcare and is able to save for their retirement. We must ensure that our workers have safe and health working conditions.
And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
I stared up at the Erlking, and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uh-oh.