I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of a sudden, the whole world opens up.

I think that there's no doubt that to work in film is a bit more of a creative journey. It's not that I don't put the same time or heart into something that's on television.

I just loved being around everybody. We just found a rhythm with each other that you want to get on everything you ever do in your life.

When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing.

I really dig the writers, and I think they challenged me for the most part throughout the journey on the show. If you don't challenge me in a series sort of situation, boy, I couldn't be on it long.

Ridley Scott - not that he shared it a lot, but you can just see that everything he did, Ridley always seemed to be just so clear. I love that about him.

The greatest joy in getting ready for the film is that there aren't many reference points for the journey and you've got to define it for yourself.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

The bargaining position of the victor always diminishes with time. Whatever is not exacted during the shock of defeat becomes increasingly difficult to attain later.

In order to achieve a higher consciousness, one must get lost in love.

worryless and live more to see the destiny of your future

I'm the type of person who wakes up at 12 AM just to write down a sudden idea that gets in my head. I have a never ending imagination.

The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operation of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

I never take medication for pain. I want to know if the pain is getting better or worse.

Knowing what I do now, I don't know if I'd ever have the balls to go to film school, with no connections and no knowledge of the business side at all.

I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.'