It's very hard to turn writers against each other, believe it or not.

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.

Why was he drawn to complicated women, or were all women--all people, finally--complicated?

Any experience can be transformed into something of value.

The first rule for escaping prison in the United States is always having someone more important than yourself to incriminate.

Look right at it. Know you can." Dad said. "Look right at that fear. Fear is the biggest bullshitter.

These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America's resolve.

Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser.

The difficulty in philosophy is to say no more than we know.

You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.

Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.

The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do.