The generation that's 20 years old doesn't need the subtext of a sitcom,

It's like you're walking into an old, underground tavern,

A whole other generation is coming up to me now - anywhere from 8 to 22 years old - wanting me to sign autographs. They think Journey was awesome.

I'd never written a sitcom before.

History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of “history” it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.

When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.