43 Quotes by Jason Katims

I'm not somebody who goes online after every episode airs because that would be, for me, getting too much feedback and too much information.

My first job in television was on 'My So-Called Life.'

If nobody has really done a show about people in their twenties that has been successful, why?

The 'Moonlighting' tension of the couple that obviously never can get together, there's an innate sort of fun and tension in that.

The environment in a writer's room, I've really come to feel, should be some form of democracy.

The stories in 'Parenthood' are so much the stories of our lives. And the people who have worked on the show feel very connected to these characters.

What's fun about comedy is you're pushing things a little further than you would in a drama; you're pushing reality a little bit more.

Because of streaming, serialized television has become less of a dirty word when you're pitching shows. I had to fight for that for so long as someone who's always gravitated towards ongoing story lines with characters that evolved and changed and storylines that continued over longer arcs.

I came to NBC on 'Friday Night Lights' and they have supported that show and found ways - unprecedented ways - to keep it on the air for a long time. And when I came to them with the idea of doing 'Parenthood,' they not only supported me in doing it but also got behind it in such a way that we were able to put together this incredible cast.