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.

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 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.

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.

The only thing that stops you from success is fear of the unknown

Why is a caterpillar wrapped in silk while it changes into a butterfly? So the other caterpillars can't hear the screams. Change hurts

Acceptance is the key to finding where my truth lies in the darkness.

I knew what I wanted to do. Sometimes you just had to be brave.

Men in high levels of government seldom surf.

I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement.

The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.

Being in Russia filming War & Peace...filming War & Peace alone is an extraordinary experience, but to be out there was just magical.

I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.

The gladiator lays his plans after he enters the arena.