Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?

TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing.

The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to today’s life.

You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.

It took seven years from the time I wrote Mad Men until it finally got on the screen. I lived every day with that script as if it were going to happen tomorrow. That’s the faith you have to have.

Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.

Hate is more interesting than love.

Opinions can't be inaccurate.

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.

If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.

Never squander money, opportunity or a good wife. They all tend to end up in the hands of someone who won't.

I can only run the rate in which my heart beats.

I don't like to say I'm happy. The Universe always finds out and corrects its mistake.

For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere.

I have always passed the ball and worked on that part of my game.

Just because I rock doesn't mean I am made of stone.

One principal object of good-breeding is to suit our behaviour to the three several degrees of men, our superiors, our equals, and those below us.

For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!

I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person.

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it.