Chris Carter was really amazing. If a script wasn't working, he'd pick-it-apart over the weekend, put it all back together and we'd be shooting Monday morning.
A common misconception about Studio executives is they have short live spans in this business. The truth is, when they disappear at one Studio, they reappear a few months later at another.
You can't spend a wooden nickle ... so don't accept one.
On the business: A leopard doesn't change its spots.