GRAHAM YOST

My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.

I can't help but always be thinking about ideas.

No one sees themself as the villain in their story.

I still run into people in the business who skip over any other credits I have and say, 'I loved 'Hey, Dude!' This was back in '88, '89, '90. It was a goofy show about kids working at a dude ranch in Arizona. We did 65 episodes; I wrote 13 of them. We didn't know what we were doing, but it was writers' boot camp. It was great.

I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.

If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is.

Over the course of television's history, I think fans have done more to save shows and support them than ruin them.

I'm lucky enough that, in my career, people think that attaching my name to something helps it a little bit.

Being a showrunner is tough, but it is incredibly rewarding and it is, without a doubt, the best job I've ever had.

I do believe that we're in a true golden era of television, and I think it started with 'Hill Street.'

I still run into people in the business who skip over any other credits I have and say, 'I loved 'Hey, Dude!' This was back in '88, '89, '90. It was a goofy show about kids working at a dude ranch in Arizona. We did 65 episodes; I wrote 13 of them. We didn't know what we were doing, but it was writers' boot camp. It was great.

I do believe that we're in a true golden era of television, and I think it started with 'Hill Street.'

If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is.

I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.

Over the course of television's history, I think fans have done more to save shows and support them than ruin them.

My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.

Being a showrunner is tough, but it is incredibly rewarding and it is, without a doubt, the best job I've ever had.

I can't help but always be thinking about ideas.

I'm lucky enough that, in my career, people think that attaching my name to something helps it a little bit.

No one sees themself as the villain in their story.