One of the things that I have always been interested in is the actual experience of people in their lives as opposed to what we think their experience should be.

I came to accept in myself a long time ago that I really do like writing articulate sociopaths.

The funny thing for me is, I have never lived in a network world.

I have always been drawn to characters, and this was true for my feature-writing career as well, where there is a tension between rule-breaking and rule-following.

I'm a rule follower. But there is also a part of me, clearly, that doesn't follow them.

Everybody should have a television show. Let's all get television shows!

I'm fortunate to have had my own level of success. My joys in life are I've got three little kids, and I got to buy a house that I really like, and everyone should have that.

I am very conscious on a daily basis of how extraordinarily blessed I am to get to do what I do and work with the people that I work with, so I make a practice of being grateful.

I am fortunate in that I am motivated to do what I do by just a really goofy desire to do it. Maybe I have demons that are hidden away someplace, and I'll discover mine someday.

Spies have the same kinds of needs and desires that everybody does, which is funny. The best kind of comedy derives from that kind of truth.

Obviously, everybody's favorite form of web content is more story with principal actors. But the economics of the web do not yet support.

Don't care about success or failure. Keep doing what you love. Success will follow.

You can't fight the whole world, and you can't keep fighting everyone in your own world. It's not about giving up, it's about letting go.

The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.

Most women you know are very much interested in the man who is reputed to be deeply admired by other women.

None get to God but through trouble.

Will we confront climate change in time or will we let fossil fuel companies determine our fate? This is a fight we can't afford to lose, and that's what keeps me moving forward.

All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story.

Always find a time to sit on a humid autumn bench to feed the poor birds or to think the dying leaves!

It's a really special night for our fans. It's vindication.

We are the creators of our universe.