I got to have a TV show that really was the talk of the nation for a while there. So I'm a very lucky guy.

A lot of the women I know, that's what they're complaining about either the man in their life or the lack of a man in their life.

Yes, we're trying some new stuff. Some of it might work. Some of it might not. This, of course, is the nature of episodic television. They can't all be gems.

I love the idea of a beautiful neighborhood that represents the very best of American values, but also as a fun backdrop to some darker, deliciously sneaky things going on in people's lives.

I'm just proud that I created something that helped me pay my bills because I was so flat broke. I was borrowing money from my mother to stay afloat, and that was kind of uncomfortable.

I'm excited and terrified to write something new.

There's no one I trust in show business more than Sabrina Wind. She's my eyes and ears when I can't be there. She weighs in on everything, from scripts to sets to advertising.

I created a tone for network television that they hadn't really been seen before. And I have to admit that was really more of an accident. I was just writing the way I write.

If you do not work hard, nothing works.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

I am about to - or I am going to - die; either expression is correct.

... not talking about things she doesn't understand to people who do or about things she does to people who don't.

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.

When you believe, it activates God's power.

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.

There is no moonlight in the Moon. It is same for the fame! Celebrity shines only from the distance!

In this case, instead of thinking "I want success," think "I have success."

Surround yourself with those who see greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself!