Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way.

It's a nightmare of editing. That's what I do all day.

By engaging someone for five minutes, you can make them a lifelong fan.

Part of walking the line as showrunner is trying to please people and still be true to what you believe creatively.

Fans can't ruin shows. Only creators can.

In a landscape where a 2.8 [demo rating] keeps you on the air, you can maintain that just by treating your fans with respect.

I am done with the hour-long [true crime] shows: "She was a happy married wife. Everything was perfect. Until the trip to Aruba."

When you're on a staff, it's not your job to write what you think is funny. It's your job to write what the person who created the show thinks is funny.

Until I created my own shows, I had nothing but bad experiences on staffs.

The writing is what's most important to me.

With showrunning, the more successful you get, the more you're pulled away from the writing.

There is a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and others can change themselves, but you can't do it for them.

Failure is a sign post of life, guiding us to the right paths.

I don't like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain.

This so much joy! This so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

Marriage is a dinner that begins with dessert.

It's a privilege to act, and you have to protect and cherish it.

words same as always same as nothing when nothing is the same

Kissing in front of the loveless is an act of cruelty.

Anything can change in show business, you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.