I don't think anyone really understands why a show works or why it doesn't.

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

The secret to all drama, film, TV, or books - the thing that people respond to most, and the thing I find myself as a viewer feeling most interested in, is the idea of change.

We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.

We live in a moment in history in which our privacy may not be important.

Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment.

Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.

We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings.

Every man is a mob, a chain gang of idiots.

I was struck by - Einstein's a fascinating figure who didn't have any instruments that he used, he didn't use telescopes, he used his mind to try to understand the universe.

Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance.

To leave is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Sometimes doing what's right for your conscience is not always the most popular decision, but I can guarantee that in retrospect you won't regret the choice you made.

What lies beneath has pushed its way to the surface once again. Time to get away while there is still air left in our lungs.

Contrary to popular belief, there are lots of actions on the part of Jefferson and Hemings that "speak" about the basic nature of their relationship.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

People are more afraid to love than they are to kill.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent.