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Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.

Creating something new is the difficult part. To make it and build it and get everyone to follow? Amazing.

If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.

I wanted to express myself more fully through writing and directing. It just feels like a package deal. Anytime you create anything, you try to exert mastery over your world.

Creatively, it's great, because when you write your own movies, you get to create whatever you want.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

If you are a certain kind of hands-on learner and have been in a writers room and know how scripts get made, and you know what pre-production is, then mostly it's making sure the actors get what they need, and you are providing creative oversight while allowing room for everyone else to own the material, too.

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.

When they do bring on new people, it's good for the show. It's like getting a new toy. The writers enjoy it because it's a whole new character that they can write for, one that they aren't used to writing for. They can try different things.