But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.

Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it.

I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.

We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.

When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.

In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

You learn more when things go wrong.

When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

I never thought of myself as a writer.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.

If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started I was desperately wishing to be where I am now.

I became an actor because it was my clumsy attempt to become myself.

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely...change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.

The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time.

The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

Music doesn't need to be perfect, but you'll know when it's right.

My accomplishments are endless.

The earth was all before me. With a heart Joyous, nor scared at its own liberty, I look about; and should the chosen guide Be nothing better than a wandering cloud, I cannot miss my way.