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TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.

It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.

There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.

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

TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers.

TV is a writer's medium.

Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's medium.

TV is the place that writers want to be.

In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.

For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.