I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV.
TV is the place that writers want to be.
Well, I love TV, and I love a good script.
Hundreds of people who've never written before send in 'Dr. Who' scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is.
I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out.
I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people.
Television has done a lot for me, and I can never stay away from it.
Normal television limits what you can do. With science fiction, you can exercise your imagination more. I fell in love with it.
Series television is kind of intensive in terms of time. You fall hard for TV writing, but it's almost love-hate. You're under pressure all the time, but that pressure gets interesting things out of you that are, you know, mysterious.
TV is a writer's medium.