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There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool, cutting-edge indie, it's nice to know that I can span all those different genres.

As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.

I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.

I think, especially when you're on TV, once you become associated with one genre or the other, it's near impossible to break into the other one, even if you have experience with both.

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.

I always think it's interesting to switch genres, because if I read a script and I know exactly how to manifest a story, I don't really want to do it anymore, because I've already done it in my head.

It's really not the genre for me, or the venue, it's the writing.