I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

It's show business. No show, no business.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.

We are not on this earth to just stand still & look pretty. The museums already have enough statues.

Writers are always alone, even in a room bursting with noises of the familiar.

Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.

Leadership is the cigarette that's smoked once the change has been consummated.

A person does feel sheepish picking on journalists, a class already so richly despised that if a planeload of them crashed in flames, most people would smile from pure reflex.

Nothing we learn about the universe threatens our faith. It only enriches it.

Thank you for caring for my brother." He took his sunglasses off. And looked at her with total adoration.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.

When you know you know nothing, an air of openness and humility prevails. Then real understanding enters the mind.