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.

Sometimes, I cry because I'm sad, and sometimes, I cry just because it's just emotional and it's super awesome.

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.

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.

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.

As much as I was encouraged by the number of female-centric shows being bandied about, it feels like we're being treated like a trend or a quota to be filled.