That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics.

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.

If you're going to run a small business, you need to know what everyone is doing, be the first one in and the last one out, and work weekends.

It's better to grow your employees, steer them into a place that they can learn and succeed, and want to work hard and be loyal, than to have a revolving door of employees. That's demoralizing.

Sharing information with employees makes them feel invested.

Nobody can survive alone, in this world. People have bonds, and sometimes those bonds are broken. And then, that person goes spinning off and connects with someone else.

I usually dive head first and am really excited about that changes.

When you're managing an emergency department, you're trying to keep everybody calm, so when an emergency comes in the door, everyone can do their best work.

I think horror films always have to be as simple as possible.

The key things I learned as a hospital administrator are to be organized, communicate, and be flexible.

Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control.

We resort, frankly, to pies, which is a comedy staple that's gone back, I guess, to since the first pie was ever baked.

Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.

Hysteria takes too much energy to be maintained forever.

You should pursue your passion. If you're passionate about something and you work hard, then I think you will be successful.

Taking people on a journey is the fundamental element of underground dance music. I don't sell records.

I truly believe that at times like this, silence is not golden. It is yellow.