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I think people love shows that are relationship-oriented. I think they love family shows.

I believe what makes great television is wanting to watch particular characters.

I, as a fan of numerous TV shows and movies, know that people mess up. The characters that we love are not always going to act in the ways that we want them to. That's what makes them interesting.

That's why I love doing television because it's something that fans and viewers can sit down each week and get to know your character and get to know the show and get to know what's going on and fall in love with you all over again, like they did in previous shows.

When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.

There are very few people who really appreciate my shows. People come to the show and they pay and they enjoy it, but I don't really think most people really understand what they've seen.

Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching a show, not writers telling me how to feel about characters.

I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.

There's people who watch shows while they're preparing their dinners, and they don't want to focus, and they don't want to be challenged, and whatever. And then there's people who want to really sit down and get into a character in a world, and feel like they're expanding, or they have complex relationships, or whatever.

I think you have to love the characters that you write. I don't know how you could possibly write a TV show where you didn't love the characters.