The movies are all about visual, and television is all about character and dialogue.

As a writer, I have always considered it my job to describe the world as I know it; to struggle toward whatever portion of the truth is available to me.

You have to respect who the character is. It has its own internal truth, and you can't betray that. And if you don't betray that, it will not betray you.

Spielberg read the 'Understudy' and decided that was the voice he wanted to write 'Smash.' He wanted a story that had humanity and humor and high-stakes dreams.

It's one of the central problems of American culture: telling you if you're younger, more beautiful, more famous, whatever, that then you'll be happy.

I have been looking after the children. My wife has taken time off.

Without music the world will still turn, but it won't rock.

Football isn't necessarily won by the best players. It's won by the team with the best attitude.

No number of sightings of white swans can prove the theory that all swans are white. The sighting of just one black one may disprove it.

When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits inspiration floating about and grab them.

The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.

Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love

One can never have too many books.

Some rules are bigger than the universe.

You are not going to find yourself anywhere except right where you are.