Some people think it's because '24' was jump-started by what happened on 9/11. That was never why we made the show. We started production six months prior to 9/11, and we'd already done ten episodes.

Isn't it funny? You hear a phone ring and it could be anybody. But, a ringing phone has to be answered doesn't it?

I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.

There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better.

My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level.

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.

I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.

Were kind of in our own cocoon making it. Every once in a while you stick your head up for a second, and you just cant believe how successful the show has become.

Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much.

I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive.

I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it.

All I trust is the past. Things that have ended can't betray me.

It is important for coaches to mentor young people toward those things that are most important in life and aid them in creating their own order of priorities to live by.

It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.

So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation.

I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like. Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler. Cigars.

The camera can't see space. It sees surfaces. People see space, which is much more interesting.

Could hate a person, but in fact it's not worth it. Never know how long you've got on this earth, kid.

I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.

I know you have been waiting on hold for 40 minutes, but I can't answer your question.

Code as if the next guy to maintain your code is a homicidal maniac who knows where you live.