When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.

A cocktail done right can really show your guests that you care.

I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in an exciting, fast-paced way - enough that there's a really clear, aggressive direction to where it's going, to pay off mystery and reward the audiences loyalty.

Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer's room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.

Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch.

If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.