I’ve been accused of having a death wish but I think it’s life that I wish for, terribly, shamelessly, on any terms whatsoever.

I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.

I don't ask for your pity, but just for your understanding – not even that – no. Just for some recognition of me in you, and the enemy, time, in us all.

Of course, you were crowned with laurel in the beginning, your gold hair was wreathed with laurel, but the gold is thinning and the laurel has withered. Face it – pitiful monster.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love.

Rejection is part of the game. Or rather, rejection is part of the profession. A profession which at times can feel like a game.

He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal.

Be realistic, demand the impossible!

How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank.

There's no way around it, drama is very difficult to shoot. It's very heavy and something that you carry with you for the course of the day.

If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself.

Bring your whole self to work. I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.

The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.