In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person's vision forward - that's an interesting story for me.
I am always up to steal secrets from smart people.
Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas.
Some people will ruin a movie for you if they enthuse too much.
I think that... I would say that sometimes people get afraid of when you're balancing comedy and drama.
To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.
People are vocal, so you hear the pros and cons of your shows.
Some people like to purge out a draft and just let it go and then go back and fix it, but I'm a writer-rewriter. I can't move on until I feel like it's presentable.
I think the networks, in general, have to evaluate what's happening around them. I'm sure they're scared about a lot of things: Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and all these places that allow people to watch shows in chunks.
When you're talking about people like Shonda Rhimes, Vince Gilligan or Beau Willimon, you're talking to people who are notable and celebrities in their own right. People want to know how their brains work.
I've certainly been someone who has loved to mine the trials and tribulations of growing up in general, and the people who are in our lives, and I don't mind pulling from them and writing things down on my phone that my family says.
On the personal level, the people that follow you on Twitter are always nice to hear from.
Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.