Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.

The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me.

I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.

Abortion does not compute with my philosophy.

An Edward Povey hangs in my living room and every day I am reminded of his originality, his beauty, and the eternal promise of his craft.

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.

Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

I've done a lot of television in life, and I don't remember the last time that I felt so consistently happy [working with Jenji Kohan].

I was caught in a private cycle of sadness and the only conceivable relief I could find was in the telling.

Of course, the young male demographic has always been the target demographic for 'Star Trek,' the men ageing fifteen to about twenty-five or thirty, a very tough market to appeal to.

You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home.

Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you’ve set and followed your priorities.

The one who tells the stories rules the world.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

It pays to know who your friends are but it also pays to know you ain't got any friends.

My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle.

I write almost entlirely on Macs, because: Windows gives me hives.

Getting where you want to be has everything to do with awareness, and nothing to do with willpower.

I do feel very American. I think it's something I'm proud of and proud to be by chance born here. Honestly, that's something I think about.

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.