The enemy of good television is boredom and predictability.

I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed.

I actually have very girly taste in television. I like a chicky relationship show probably more than anything. I really like 'Project Runway'.

I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye.

How we make people feel shapes how they feel about us.

Diversity is wisdom.

The greatest measure of success is the amount of joy you experience.

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.

When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes.

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.

My politics just kind of developed over time as a reaction.

Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.

Applause is the beginning of abuse

It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.