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

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

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'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.

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.

Don’t be afraid. Fear limits YOU and YOUR VISION.

Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.

If you launch a career doing something you don't really like, that even if you're successful, you won't feel successful, and you'll be contemptuous of your own success.

People tend to overuse any idea or concept that delivers an emotional kick.

My past behaviour makes me cringe.

Every real object must cease to be what it seemed, and none could ever be what the whole soul desired.

I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.

I want to make smart choices.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.