I think the way I sort of approach it is, you just sort of keep your head down and focus on what you are doing and making shows that people will want to see on Thursday night.

In a world where shows have to keep going while the priorities change, I have to stay flexible.

The goal for Shondaland is to continue to make very good shows that we're proud of when they're ready.

I think soul will always find its way into what I'm doing. It just comes from my root.

Write what you really care about. Write what you want to say because that is the experience that always rates as genuine on the page.

Your structure and format may not be perfect, and you may not have picked the perfect franchise, but if I pick up a script, and the characters are real, whole, complicated and come from a place of somebody who really is feeling it, that's what people remember.