I'm a fan of half-hour shows that can be both funny and dramatic.

While I don't like violent programs per se, I do like good storytelling, which made me a fan of shows like Breaking Bad and American Horror Story.

It seems to me conspiracy is at the heart of dozens of TV dramas currently on. Maybe that itself is some kind of conspiracy.

Never forget that I am paid for my troubles!

Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious.

"Big Bang Theory" focuses on main characters who in other shows would only be auxiliary players hewing to stereotype: The gawky nerd who lives next door and says oddball things.

I think the occasional appearance of the UFO is a very oblique pop-cultural reference that anyone who was alive and sentient in the late 1970s will get right away.

I have to confess I can't have the holiday season without "Hard Candy Christmas". For some reason, it makes me think of the sticky ribbon candy bowl my mid-western grandma always had.

In fact, when it comes to TV, I'm not even sure what my real, true preferences are.

My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.

In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?

Death comes to us all

True saints know that the place where all the joy comes from is far deeper than that of feelings

Prayers said by good people are always good prayers

Faith never makes a confession.

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

Man sheds grief as his skin sheds rain.