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For 'Breaking Bad,' it was like, that's one of the best pilots, probably the best pilot I have ever read.

I wound up getting pulled into being a consultant on the Lifetime drama 'For the People.' The executive producer said, 'I want you to write scripts.' We sold pilots to a bunch of different networks.

Every pilot I've ever written, I've fallen deeply and madly in love with. It's the only way I work.

Working with Bryan Cranston on 'Breaking Bad' has been totally thrilling because he is so clear in his approach.

Well, I love TV, and I love a good script.

You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.

Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good.

Nelson McCormack on 'Killing Kennedy' was really terrific because I wrote the script, and he had some terrific ideas. We went over the script together, and I was with him on set. So it was a collaborative effort.

I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did 'Reno 911!' for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the 'Star Trek' thing.

When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible!