Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing subsequent episodes.

We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with Shooting Fish. Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.

I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.

I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.

It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being.

I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership.

All men are born good.

There is no one harder to live with than an artist. Therefore an artist is a real gift because he or she raises the sanctity of everyone else in the community.

Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what he's doing. It's the timing that's all-important.

It isn't about what you do, but how you do it

You really have to listen to yourself and know if what someone is saying is true for you

Matt Millen, you draft a wide receiver every year. HOW DARE YOU SIR, HOW DARE YOU!

Swifter, higher, stronger.

It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable - it won't be just like the past.