The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.

It's show business. No show, no business.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing. All you really care is that he comes in and performs.

Maybe one of the reasons that I don't ever experience myself as having writer's block is I don't feel that I need to be producing every minute of every day.

For all the women - especially the young women, who put your faith in me - I want you to know that nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion.

If I had 1,000 lives, I'd give them all for China.

I support equality. Everyone should feel free to live out the parts of their personality that correspond to the classic male or female image.

The most deadly disease truly is the failure of the heart.

Since we took to the sky, we have wanted to fly faster and farther. And to do so, we've had to believe in impossible things and we've had to refuse to fear failure.

If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some long-term value.

I'm taking memory power boost tablets to help me every day and doing the puzzles to help me stay focused.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.