"Basically this came from the novel.  This was when it was part of the novel the show was kinda based upon and so forth; the research that was done on that and that background I think was kinda something we grabbed onto and developed and so forth.  The research of course in any genre and sensibilities is one that you look and see what else is out there and see what else has been done successfully and try in many respects to take your own sensibilities to that to make it your own and make it a show that has a signature and of course, yes, the handprint is somewhat of a signature of course, isn’t it?"

"Well I just think the picture will get a little bit clearer, I think; that we’ll get a sense of where these kids are coming from.  But I think that it will never be that one penultimate episode that tells you everything.  I think it will be a series of incidents getting us closer to the big question mark and things, so hopefully pull the audience towards us, I think, you know.  My attitude is satisfaction is the depth of desire and if you lose that desire from the audience and you tell them everything all at once, that isn’t the way to play the ball game.  The key is to give them enough that they’ll…invite them to come next week and give them enough that you’re not in a sense trying to fool them by not giving them the answers and so forth but also bringing them along with the show and the characters - that I think will be very exciting. … I think that’s part of the show that’s very important, to keep the audience involved as far as that’s concerned; as well as getting the audience to really see these kids as they grow up and see what changes about them."