I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.

My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.

No one sees themself as the villain in their story.

I do believe that we’re in a true golden era of television, and I think it started with Hill Street.

If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is.

I'm lucky enough that, in my career, people think that attaching my name to something helps it a little bit.

Over the course of television's history, I think fans have done more to save shows and support them than ruin them.

I can't help but always be thinking about ideas.

Being a showrunner is tough, but it is incredibly rewarding and it is, without a doubt, the best job I've ever had.

I MUST BE A TIME TRAVELLER BECAUSEI AM ALWAYS AHEAD OF MY TIME

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out if I'm hungry?

In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again.

Coming from the world of comics, I was very surprised that writers and illustrators, for the most part, don't talk, and they don't collaborate.

Writer's block is a phony, made up, BS excuse for not doing your work.

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

I didn't have to do paper routes. I'd sing for 5 bucks a crack at weddings and church functions; I'd have four or five on some Saturdays.

I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position.

It is not enough for a landscape to be interesting in itself. Eventually there must be a moral and historic interest.