I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a certain amount of sexism - I mean the proprietary nature, for men and women.

TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing.

The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to today’s life.

You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.

It took seven years from the time I wrote Mad Men until it finally got on the screen. I lived every day with that script as if it were going to happen tomorrow. That’s the faith you have to have.

Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.

Hate is more interesting than love.

Opinions can't be inaccurate.

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.

If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

A successful radiation researcher must research both radiation and the harmful biological effects of the radiation exposures received by the researcher.

Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but cannot really kill. Murderers are only very exceptionally found among artists.

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

Don't call me Alessandro, or this could get ugly. Oh, then may I call you Alice?

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

Republic. I like the sound of the word.

The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.

In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private

Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.