I don't know why anybody does anything in the world of television.

The best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters.

If the doors aren't open, just kick them in and keep walking.

Sometimes you've got to just commit to the idea and press forward and trust that you made the right decision.

You can't just sit around in leopard-print slippers and drink champagne all day and think everything's gonna work out somehow.

I stopped using Twitter for a while just because I got sick of it and I started using it again, but I don't check the "mentions."

You really don't settle on an idea until you're really sure it's the best idea. Then once you settle on it you commit to it entirely. That was always the plan.

I got a lot of texts from friends and emails from friends and most of them were just pure jealousy.

You should be nice to people because it's better to be nice to people than mean to people, not because you think there's something in it for you.

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

I would far rather add a character who generates strong feelings than someone who just kind of floats along, generating medium-warmth smiles of gentle affirmation.

Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to.

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]

If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes.

You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

I have a lot of confidence in my shot and I'm willing to shoot it no matter what.

Man is the control experiment of heredity and environment; and since his heredity controls him, he tries to control his environment.

Put it back in the horse!

Oil is dead, on its way to extinction.

It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.

Those who carry the vessels of the Lord must be clean, must be holy (Isa. 52:11).