MARK MY WORDS: when I’m old and gray and have created many TV shows and movies, and no longer care what people think of me, no longer burn the bulk of my calories trying to be nice: I will receive a note from a producer or executive that my script needs more Stakes. I will then comb carefully through my draft, and find a way to put a steak in every single scene. Someone eating a rib eye in the corner, a filet mignon just sort of lying prominently on the ground, a skirt steak dangling oddly from a chandelier. And it will be amusing ONLY to me, and it will be my Legacy.