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I guess you'd have to say that sometimes the audience is smarter than the critics.

I feel audiences are not given enough credit for their intelligence.

I think the audience is pretty intelligent.

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.

If people are going to watch TV, let's give them something coherent with actual dialogue.

I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.

You can always trust that an audience is smarter than a studio thinks it is.

'Deadwood' was an incredible experience.

When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I think that this is what makes you believe that it is impeccable.

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.