Television is so much about continuing to work with people.

What you'll gain is the macro story. You'll get a good command of that. And what you might lose is some of the fun of it.

They say to just write about what's happening in your backyard because that's where you find the most creativity. It's in the DNA of the show. There's no question.

I joked recently that I thought 30 seconds a day for three years would be the best way to enjoy it, and I'm going to stand by that statement.

Violence has not really been an issue. Even in my wildest hopes, I wasn't trying to get violence in.

We mapped out the whole movie, and then worked backwards from that to do these shows. It might not be a movie. It might be something else.

My knee-jerk is that it is comedy and, if you watch them all back-to-back, you will gain something and you will lose something.

One of the great things about TV is the story to tell can be very internal and really character-based.

Writers need restrictions. If somebody just says, "Hey, do you want to write a novel, or an article, or a movie, or a short story, you get shut down."

Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'

Regret is a tricky word. Here's a big secret: nobody knows what wasn't.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

Im plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

Honesty is a big deal, and when your honest everything will fall into place.

Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

I think things just tend to fall into place… if you let them.

The boys performance was so good that I've run out of expletives to describe it.

My son is a hip-hop producer.

You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future.