I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references

One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention

I take references from the past and flip them

I’m going to put that on my gravestone. “He created such a category of unwanted pop culture – Famous for directing unwanted cultural references

I remember back in the early days of Microsoft that from the day that you decided that you were just going to put out an ad to a customer – and all you were usually able to tell them was that a new product was available – it was about nine months before you could actually reach the first customer.