Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it.

But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.

I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.

We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.

When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.

In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.

You learn more when things go wrong.

When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

I never thought of myself as a writer.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.

But the more I think it, the more I want her, the more my desire rises and swells.

No new venture occurs without mistakes. Dare to learn and grow through your mistakes--this is how mastery occurs!

A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education.

The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.

But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back.

I have a feeling you're right, Sherwin.' 'Simon. My name is Simon.

There are all kinds of sexualities. There are all kinds of ways that people express their sexuality.

If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

My eating is pretty consistent. I like Greek yogurt for breakfast. I eat two giant salads a day, a broiled meat or fish, and a dark green vegetable at every meal.