As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that.

I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.

TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers for a long time. When I started out as a writer and producer in television, I never had the slightest expectation that fame would be part of the job.

The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book, in a way that is unique and special to each person who reads it.

I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.

I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.