It's a very artistic process to translate and adapt a book into a series.

I think that we're moving into this new phase of television where audiences are really embracing stories with a beginning, middle, and end.

There are just so many options that people have. But as a writer, you'll drive yourself crazy, if you worry about that too much. People watch a lot of TV, so they think certain things are going to happen, and you're always trying to subvert expectations.

The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.

We feel like Lost deserved a real resolution, not a snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.

You have to be able to get inside the heads of the characters and completely sympathize and understand them.

The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and theres ongoing creative revelations. Yes, its really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.

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.