Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.
I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.