I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to do it.

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they cant be avoided.

You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.

I'm perfectly happy to color within the network lines when I have to.

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.

Obviously there are different standards and practices that are allowed on cable versus network. You just have to embrace what your network is going to allow.

The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.

I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.

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.

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.

I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

Fear is the polio of the soul which prevents our walking by faith.

A man without mind brings ecstasy!

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.

I can honestly say Ive never thought for a second about whether a character reflects poorly on any group. All that matters to me is that the character is true to my belief in who he or she is.

In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver.

Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings.

I don’t like to lie – so there’d better be a good reason why I’m doing it.

Donald Trump was underrated, but he understood social media and he understood reality television.