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It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.

I think HBO seems to have an extraordinary clever knack of catching the pulse of its audience. It really, really knows its audience.

But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show. They didn't set up their business model to make writers happy. It's just a nice unintended consequence.

There are only a few TV networks that really invest in production in the way that I think they should. HBO, obviously, is one of them.

I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.

I just love shows that don't hand everything to you, that ask you to be smarter. I think that's something really important that HBO has done to change the landscape of TV.

It used to be that you had to do a certain number of episodes to hit syndication in order to try to keep a show on, because it's important to the network because it sells good commercial time. That's really not how HBO does things.

I have nothing but respect for HBO.

Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.'

I'm grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I'd like to thank everyone for their ongoing support.