Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

It's show business. No show, no business.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.

Something greater than me was happening. And yet, it was happening to me.

When people violate your values, they have excuses for doing so. For instance, they may misconceive your quest for responsiveness as being annoying...

If you look after the customers and look after the people who look after the customers, you should be successful.

If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.

Beware of color theories. Theories in color photography are dangerous. The plain fact that there are so many of them proves my point.

People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.

Twenty years ago rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for IBM.

I cannot have God in my heart if he is not in my head. Before I can believe in, I must believe that.

O most delicate fiend! Who is't can read a woman? Is there more?