On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.

A sketch is just a mini movie.

Writing sketches, you're also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things.

We didn't execute on the other side of the ball, and that was the story of the game.

Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish.

If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's block or how to deal with any problem that can come up - whether you're writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting.