I was looking for an interesting story and exceptionally exotic characters,

That's what politics is. It's the story of what's happening, what does it mean, what's the conclusion, who are the interesting characters?

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

'Annie' was a comic strip with an awful lot of information in it. It had more information in the balloons above the characters than practically any other comic strip that was around. The strip told tales instead of jokes.

Her spirit and her optimism are organic to the American spirit, and that's what this show is about.

'Annie' is the embodiment of hope,