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I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods.

I think of myself as a producer. As a producer and as a showrunner, I already understand what it meant to gather people into a room and step back, to create the boundaries of 'everything's okay' to allow TV writers to go to their craziest places.

I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller.

Over a period of time, if you have a successful show, then you have a devoted audience. I feel you owe something to them. That goes for everybody - writers, camera operators, actors, studio executives, etc. Sadly, I've realized it's a responsibility that very few people live up to.

I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers.

My audience was my life. What I did and how I did it, was all for my audience.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

I'm much more used to the TV shows, which are demanding to write and perform but very fulfilling.

I started out as an actor, where you seek to understand yourself using the words of great writers and collaborating with other creative people. Then I slid into show business, where you seek only an audience's approval whether you deserve it or not.