Michael Loceff

I think ultimately what makes the show is not the reality but the drama.

— Michael Loceff

What you have to get used to as a writer is realizing that most of what you come up with is wrong…

— Michael Loceff

The rule, I think, is: Do your homework, learn what there is to learn about the real world, and then when you…

— Michael Loceff

To be fair to ourselves, in almost every original script, the timing is actually worked out down to the minute

— Michael Loceff

I personally have more faith than the average writer in people's willingness to be complicated, and so I'm thrilled by what's happened.…

— Michael Loceff

The idea that you could stitch together every detail episode to episode and preserve continuity for the length of a season and…

— Michael Loceff

You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because…

— Michael Loceff

To create a situation where each new episode has to start in the exact same place as the previous one, with the…

— Michael Loceff

As far as how important the real-life resonance of the stories is, I think it must play at least a small role…

— Michael Loceff

I actually started in the opposite place. I come from a technical background - I'm a mathematician and a programmer by trade…

— Michael Loceff

My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles;…

— Michael Loceff

The beauty behind killing someone who no one thinks you're willing to kill is, of course, that you throw people out of…

— Michael Loceff

What happens is that as the scripts are rewritten and re-edited in order to make the story more compelling, you sometimes end…

— Michael Loceff

Ultimately people don't watch shows because of how realistic they are. They watch them because of the same dramatic elements that have…

— Michael Loceff